The People, etc., ex rel. Elizabeth Bender, on behalf of Aswab Bellamy, petitioner, v. Cynthia Brann, Commissioner, Department of Correction, respondent. (2018)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

The People, etc., ex rel. Elizabeth Bender, on behalf of Aswab Bellamy, petitioner, v. Cynthia Brann, Commissioner, Department of Correction, respondent.

2018–06367

Decided: June 08, 2018

REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P. COLLEEN D. DUFFY FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ.

Seymour W. James, Jr., New York, N.Y. (Joshua Norkin, Elizabeth Bender, pro se, and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP [Daniel F. Kolb, Shahira D. Ali, and Garrett Cardillo] of counsel; Pat Andriola, Serena Wu, Drew Dean, and Mengyi Xu on the petition), for petitioner. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Robert J. Masters, John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott, and Kathryn Mullen of counsel), for respondent.

Argued—June 7, 2018

DECISION & JUDGMENT

Writ of habeas corpus, inter alia, in the nature of an application for bail reduction upon Queens County Docket No. CR–016425–18QN to release Aswab Bellamy on his own recognizance or to set reasonable bail.

ADJUDGED that the writ is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements, as Aswab Bellamy was released on his own recognizance on June 1, 2018.

RIVERA, J.P., DUFFY, CONNOLLY and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court

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