In the Matter of George Melendez, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Respondent

In the Matter of George Melendez, Petitioner, v Commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Respondent. [13 NYS3d 914] [MAJORITY] Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules. Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding to challenge a tier III disciplinary determination that found him guilty of interfering with an employee, refusing a direct order, making threats and a movement regulation violation. The Attorney General has advised this Court that the determination has been administratively reversed, all references thereto have been expunged from petitioner’s institutional record and the mandatory $5 surcharge has been refunded to his inmate account. Petitioner is not entitled to be restored to the status that he enjoyed prior to the disciplinary determination (see Matter of Raduns v Prack, 122 AD3d 995, 995-996 [2014]; Matter of Harris v Prack, 122 AD3d 981, 981 [2014]). In view of this, and given that petitioner has received all of the relief to which he is entitled, the matter is dismissed as moot (see Matter of McCaskell v Department of Corr. & Community Supervision, 128 AD3d 1208, 1208-1209 [2015]; Matter of Bain v Annucci, 127 AD3d 1533, 1533 [2015]). Peters, P.J., McCarthy, Egan Jr. and Devine, JJ., concur. Adjudged that the petition is dismissed, as moot, without costs.