Case Name: In the Matter of Keith Sackett, Respondent, v. Walter Kelly, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1987-12-18
Citations: 135 A.D.2d 1121
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Keith Sackett, Respondent, v Walter Kelly, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 135
Pages: 1121–1121

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Keith Sackett, Respondent, v Walter Kelly, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
— Appeal unanimously dismissed as moot. Memorandum: Prior to the filing of briefs and argument of the appeal, petitioner served the maximum term of his sentence and was released from custody. Accordingly, this appeal is moot and since it does not present a recurring issue of public interest which otherwise would escape appellate review, dismissal is appropriate (see, People ex rel. Rodriguez v LeFevre, 84 AD2d 661). (Appeal from judgment of Supreme Court, Wyoming County, Newman, J. — art 78.) Present — Callahan, J. P., Denman, Pine, Balio and Lawton, JJ.