Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Shawn Duffy, Appellant, v. Gary F. Hodges, as Superintendent of Gowanda Correctional Facility, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-09-28
Citations: 286 A.D.2d 890
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Shawn Duffy, Appellant, v Gary F. Hodges, as Superintendent of Gowanda Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 286
Pages: 890–890

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Shawn Duffy, Appellant, v Gary F. Hodges, as Superintendent of Gowanda Correctional Facility, Respondent.
[730 NYS2d 810]

Opinion:
—Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Petitioner, an inmate at the Gowanda Correctional Facility, commenced this proceeding in 1999 to challenge the validity of an arrest warrant issued by the South Carolina Parole Board in 1992. Supreme Court properly dismissed the petition. "[T]he courts of this State lack jurisdiction to vacate the arrest warrant of another State or to dismiss the underlying charges" (Matter of McCrary v Scully, 153 AD2d 629, 630). (Appeal from Judgment of Supreme Court, Erie County, Burns, J. — Habeas Corpus.) Present — Pine, J. P., Wisner, Hurlbutt, Kehoe and Gorski, JJ.