Case Name: In the Matter of Diane Word, Petitioner, v. Barbara G. Zambelli, as Westchester County Court Judge, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2008-06-17
Citations: 52 A.D.3d 726
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Diane Word, Petitioner, v Barbara G. Zambelli, as Westchester County Court Judge, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 52
Pages: 726–727

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Diane Word, Petitioner, v Barbara G. Zambelli, as Westchester County Court Judge, Respondent.
[858 NYS2d 903]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus to compel the respondent to render a decision on the petitioner's motion for leave to renew her petition in a proceeding entitled Matter of Word v New York State Commn. of Correction, commenced in the Supreme Court, Westchester County, under index No. 07-225. Application by the petitioner for leave to prosecute this proceeding as a poor person.
Ordered that the application is granted to the extent of waiving the filing fee and the application is otherwise denied; and it is further,
Adjudged that the proceeding is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements.
On March 11, 2008 the respondent rendered a decision on the petitioner's motion for leave to renew. Accordingly, this proceeding has been rendered academic. Skelos, J.P, Ritter, Florio and Dickerson, JJ., concur.