| Matter of Dixon v Annucci |
| 2022 NY Slip Op 04770 [207 AD3d 1012] [207 AD3d 1012] |
| July 28, 2022 |
| Appellate Division, Third Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Echo Westley Dixon,
Appellant, v Anthony J. Annucci, as Acting Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision, Respondent. |
Echo Westley Dixon, Marcy, appellant pro se.
Letitia James, Attorney General, Albany (Sean P. Mix of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (O'Connor, J.), entered April 12, 2021 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner's application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent withholding petitioner's good time allowance.
Petitioner, an incarcerated individual currently serving an aggregate prison sentence
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We affirm. "A determination to withhold an [incarcerated individual's] good time allowance 'shall be final and shall not be reviewable if made in accordance with [the] law' " (Matter of Worthy v Selsky, 6 AD3d 840, 841 [2004] [citation omitted], quoting Correction Law § 803 [4]). Clearly, the committee may properly consider petitioner's institutional record when determining good time allowance as "good time may be canceled for violation of institutional rules" (Matter of Urbina v McGinnis, 270 AD2d 535, 536 [2000]; see Correction Law § 803 [1] [a]). Significantly, an incarcerated individual who loses good time credit as the result of prior disciplinary hearings is not entitled to a time allowance committee hearing under 7 NYCRR part 261 (see 7 NYCRR 261.4 [a]; Matter of Godwin v Goord, 282 AD2d 850, 851 [2001]). As the record reflects that petitioner's loss of good time credit was the result of prior disciplinary hearings, he was not entitled to a time allowance hearing (see Matter of Worthy v Selsky, 6 AD3d at 841; Matter of Godwin v Goord, 282 AD2d at 851). Thus, petitioner's procedural arguments with respect to his hearing are unavailing (see Matter of Urbina v McGinnis, 270 AD2d at 536).
Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Clark, Fisher and McShan, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.