Matter of Madison v. Martuscello

Matter of Madison v Martuscello (2025 NY Slip Op 01695) Matter of Madison v Martuscello 2025 NY Slip Op 01695 Decided on March 20, 2025 Appellate Division, Third Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. Decided and Entered:March 20, 2025 CV-24-1511 [*1]In the Matter of Travail Madison, Petitioner, v Daniel F. Martuscello III, as Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision, et al., Respondents. Calendar Date:February 7, 2025 Before:Garry, P.J., Pritzker, Lynch, Ceresia and Mackey, JJ. Travail Madison, Moravia, petitioner pro se. Letitia James, Attorney General, Albany (Kate H. Nepveu of counsel), for respondents. 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 Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision finding petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules. Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging a tier III disciplinary determination finding him guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules. 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 petitioner's inmate account. "Further, to the extent that he seeks such relief, petitioner is not entitled to be restored to the status he enjoyed prior to the disciplinary determination" (Matter of Herbert v Venettozzi, 162 AD3d 1454, 1455 [3d Dept 2018] [internal quotation marks and citations omitted]; see Matter of Hamilton v Annucci, 171 AD3d 1385, 1385 [3d Dept 2019]). Accordingly, as petitioner has received all of the relief to which he is entitled in this proceeding, the petition must be dismissed as moot (see Matter of Warmus v Kaplan, 133 AD3d 1026, 1027 [3d Dept 2015]). As a final matter, petitioner requests that he be reimbursed $58.97 for disbursements in connection with this proceeding. A review of the record confirms that petitioner paid a reduced filing fee of $15, as well as $50.27 in disbursements related to the proceeding. Accordingly, we grant petitioner's motion requesting reimbursement in the amount of $65.27 and direct respondents to reimburse him that amount (see Matter of Jeffreys v New York State Dept. of Corr. & Community Supervision, 199 AD3d 1155, 1155 [3d Dept 2021]; Matter of Hogan v Annucci, 162 AD3d 1418, 1418 [3d Dept 2018]; Matter of Farrell v Annucci, 155 AD3d 1197, 1198 [3d Dept 2017]). Garry, P.J., Pritzker, Lynch, Ceresia and Mackey, JJ., concur. ADJUDGED that the petition is dismissed, as moot, without costs, but with disbursements in the amount of $65.27.