McNAMARA v. COUGHLIN


165 Misc.2d 397 (1995)

627 N.Y.S.2d 278

John McNamara, Petitioner, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of New York State Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, New York County.

April 20, 1995


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scoppetta & Seiff, New York City (Abigail Pessin of counsel), for petitioner. Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, New York City (Vita M. Alvy of counsel), for respondents.


PHYLLIS GANGEL-JACOB, J.

In this CPLR article 78 proceeding petitioner, the brother of a homicide victim, seeks certain relief against officials of the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) with respect to the temporary release privileges granted to his brother's convicted killer. This proceeding was originally commenced in September 1993. Respondents moved in the first instance to dismiss...

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