Case Name: In the Matter of Jose Rivera, Appellant, v. Lucien J. Leclaire, Jr., as Commissioner of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2009-02-12
Citations: 12 N.Y.3d 735
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Jose Rivera, Appellant, v Lucien J. Leclaire, Jr., as Commissioner of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 735–735

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Jose Rivera, Appellant, v Lucien J. Leclaire, Jr., as Commissioner of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.
Decided February 12, 2009

Opinion:
Appeal dismissed, without costs, by the Court of Appeals, sua sponte, upon the ground that no appeal lies as of right from the unanimous order of the Appellate Division absent the direct involvement of a substantial constitutional question (see CPLR 5601).
Chief Judge Lippman taking no part.