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IN RE: Robert KINZER, Appellant, v. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT-DIVISION OF PAROLE, Respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Canfield, J.), entered April 16, 1998 in Albany County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondent's motion to dismiss the petition for lack of personal jurisdiction.
Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding contending that respondent's determination to revoke his parole should be annulled. Supreme Court dismissed the proceeding on the ground of lack of personal jurisdiction arising out of petitioner's admitted failure to serve respondent within the time requirements set forth in the order to show cause authorizing service by mail. Although procedural requirements may be relaxed in cases where “imprisonment presents obstacles to service that are beyond an inmate's power to control” (Matter of Hoyer v. Coughlin, 179 A.D.2d 921, 579 N.Y.S.2d 910), petitioner presents nothing here that would support a conclusion that he was not capable of satisfying the applicable procedural requirements (see, Matter of Joshua v. Commissioner of Dept. of Correctional Servs., 240 A.D.2d 797, 658 N.Y.S.2d 516). Accordingly, Supreme Court's judgment dismissing the petition must be affirmed.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.
MEMORANDUM DECISION.
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Decided: November 25, 1998
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.
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