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IN RE: Angelo MATTHEWS, petitioner, v. Claudia DANIELS–DEPEYSTER, etc., et al., respondents.
DECISION & JUDGMENT
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in the nature of prohibition to prohibit the respondents, Claudia Daniels–DePeyster, an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County, and Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Kings County, from enforcing an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated July 6, 2023, issued in an action entitled People v. Matthews, pending in that court under Docket No. SCR–74909–22, inter alia, directing the petitioner to submit to a buccal swab for the purpose of DNA testing by a date certain.
ADJUDGED that the petition is denied as academic and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
The order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated July 6, 2023, was superseded by an order of the same court dated October 2, 2023. Accordingly, this proceeding is academic.
LASALLE, P.J., MALTESE, VOUTSINAS and LOVE, JJ., concur.
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Docket No: 2023–07223
Decided: January 24, 2024
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
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