Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Peter Catapano, Appellant, v. Harold J. Smith, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1988-09-27
Citations: 143 A.D.2d 538
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Peter Catapano, Appellant, v Harold J. Smith, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 143
Pages: 538–538

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Peter Catapano, Appellant, v Harold J. Smith, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment unanimously affirmed, in accordance with the following memorandum: A writ of habeas corpus is not the proper proceeding to challenge the legality of petitioner's confinement in a special housing unit (People ex rel. Dawson v Smith, 69 NY2d 689). The habeas corpus proceeding was properly converted to a CPLR article 78 proceeding but, because it was instituted more than four months after the determination, the proceeding should have been dismissed as time barred (see, People ex rel. Dawson v Smith, supra, at 691). (Appeal from judgment of Supreme Court, Wyoming County, McCarthy, J. — habeas corpus.) Present — Denman, J. P., Boomer, Balio, Lawton and Davis, JJ.