Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Cecil Pressley, Appellant, v. Warden of Rikers Island Correctional Facility, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2007-10-11
Citations: 44 A.D.3d 429
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Cecil Pressley, Appellant, v Warden of Rikers Island Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 44
Pages: 429–429

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Cecil Pressley, Appellant, v Warden of Rikers Island Correctional Facility, Respondent.
[842 NYS2d 719]

Opinion:
Appeal from order, Supreme Court, Bronx County, (Robert G. Seewald, J.), entered August 16, 2006, which dismissed the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, unanimously dismissed as moot, without costs.
The appeal is moot in light of petitioner's release to parole supervision (People ex rel. McGann v Ross, 91 NY2d 865 [1997]; People ex rel. Rucco v Warden, Rikers Is. Correctional Facility, 15 AD3d 314 [2005]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Friedman, Sullivan and Nardelli, JJ.