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Berrian v. State
45 A.D.3d 995
| N.Y. App. Div. | 2007
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Lahtinen, J.

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Collins, J.), entered August 25, 2006, which, sua sponte, dismissed the claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Alleging that a CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging a prison disciplinary determination became moot when Supreme Court failed to sign the order to show cause, claimant requested a refund of the reduced filing fee he paid. After Supreme Court and the Greene County Clerk denied his request for a refund, claimant commenced this claim for the return of the fee, and now appeals from its dismissal.

As the Court of Claims aptly noted, the deliberate decisions of Supreme Court and the Greene County Clerk complained of by claimant are subject to judicial review in a proceeding in the nature of mandamus to compel and because any monetary recovery would be incidental to the mandamus proceeding, dismissal of this claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction was appropriate (see Hoffman v State of New York, 42 AD3d 641, 642 [2007]).

Crew III, J.P., Mugglin, Rose and Kane, JJ., concur. Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs.

Case Details

Case Name: Berrian v. State
Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Date Published: Nov 8, 2007
Citation: 45 A.D.3d 995
Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div.
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