Case Name: Scott M. Diehl, Appellant, v. St. John Fisher College, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-12-27
Citations: 278 A.D.2d 816
Docket Number: 
Parties: Scott M. Diehl, Appellant, v St. John Fisher College, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 278
Pages: 816–817

Head Matter:
Scott M. Diehl, Appellant, v St. John Fisher College, Respondent.
[718 NYS2d 516]

Opinion:
Order and judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint. A CPLR article 78 proceeding was the proper vehicle for challenging plaintiffs dismissal from defendant's nursing program (see, Maas v Cornell Univ., 94 NY2d 87, 92; Risley v Rubin, 272 AD2d 198; see also, Grogan v Saint Bonaventure Univ., 91 AD2d 855; Matter of Gray v Canisius Coll., 76 AD2d 30, 33), and any such challenge is time-barred because plaintiff failed to commence a proceeding within four months of his termination (see, CPLR 217). (Appeal from Order and Judgment of Supreme Court, Monroe County, Bergin, J. — Dismiss Pleading.) Present — Pigott, Jr., P. J., Green, Pine, Kehoe and Balio, JJ.