<div>Matter of Flowers v Martuscello - 2026 NY Slip Op 02504

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<nav> <ol> <li>Home</li> <li>All Court Decisions</li> <li>Decisions</li> </ol> </nav> <div> <div> <h1>Matter of Flowers v Martuscello</h1> <p>2026 NY Slip Op 02504</p> <p>April 24, 2026</p> <p>Appellate Division, Fourth Department</p> <p>Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.</p> <p>This decision is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.</p> </div> <div> <p>IN THE MATTER OF ANTHONY FLOWERS, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,</p> <p>v</p> <p>DANIEL F. MARTUSCELLO, III, COMMISSIONER, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.</p> </div> <p>Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department</p> <p>Decided on April 24, 2026</p> <p>88 CA 25-00114</p> <p>Present: Curran, J.P., Ogden, Greenwood, And Hannah, JJ.</p> <div> <p>WYOMING COUNTY-ATTICA LEGAL AID BUREAU, WARSAW (NORMAN P. EFFMAN OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT.</p> <p>LETITIA JAMES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (RACHEL RAIMONDI OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT. </p> </div> <p> </p><p> Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Wyoming County (Melissa Lightcap Cianfrini, A.J.), entered January 7, 2025, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78. The judgment dismissed the petition. </p> <p></p>[*1] <p>It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.</p> <p>Memorandum: Petitioner appeals from a judgment dismissing his petition pursuant to CPLR article 78 seeking to annul the determination of the Parole Board denying him parole release. We conclude that " '[t]his appeal must be dismissed as moot because the determination expired during the pendency of this appeal, and the Parole Board denied petitioner's subsequent request for parole release' " (<i>Matter of Porter v Annucci</i>, 148 AD3d 1779, 1779 [4th Dept 2017]). The exception to the mootness doctrine does not apply here (<i>see Matter of Bethea v Annucci</i>, 151 AD3d 1674, 1675 [4th Dept 2017]; <i>Matter of Brunner v Speckard</i>, 214 AD2d 1040, 1040 [4th Dept 1995], <i>lv denied</i> 86 NY2d 707 [1995]; <i>see generally Matter of Hearst Corp. v Clyne</i>, 50 NY2d 707, 714-715 [1980]).</p> <p>Entered: April 24, 2026</p> <p>Ann Dillon Flynn</p> <p>Clerk of the Court</p> </div>

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