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IN RE: Charles ROBERT, appellant, v. Coleen M. FONDULIS, etc., et al., respondents.
In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to compel production of certain documents pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law article 6), the petitioner appeals from an order and judgment (one paper) of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Roberto, Jr., J.), dated December 12, 2005, which, inter alia, granted that branch of the cross motion of the respondents Robert LoCicero and Paul Kietzman which was to dismiss the petition insofar as asserted against them pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a)(8), denied the petition, and dismissed the proceeding.
ORDERED that the order and judgment is affirmed, with one bill of costs to the respondents appearing separately and filing separate briefs.
The Supreme Court properly granted that branch of the cross motion of the respondents Robert LoCicero, as Freedom of Information Law Officer for the Department of Health, and Paul Kietzman, as Freedom of Information Law Officer for the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, which was to dismiss the petition insofar as asserted against them on the ground of lack of personal jurisdiction (see CPLR 307, 3211[a][8]; Matter of Schachter v. Sobol, 213 A.D.2d 551, 623 N.Y.S.2d 914).
The Supreme Court properly denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding as against the respondent Coleen M. Fondulis, as Freedom of Information Law Officer for the Suffolk County Attorney, on the ground that the Freedom of Information Law was fully complied with (see Public Officers Law §§ 87[2][a], 89[3]; Matter of Rattley v. New York City Police Dept., 96 N.Y.2d 873, 875, 730 N.Y.S.2d 768, 756 N.E.2d 56; Matter of Robert v. LoCicero, 28 A.D.3d 566, 813 N.Y.S.2d 214; Matter of Bader v. Bove, 273 A.D.2d 466, 710 N.Y.S.2d 379).
The petitioner's remaining contentions are without merit.
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Decided: May 22, 2007
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
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