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MATTER OF EMERSON THURMAN, Petitioner-respondent, v. GARY F. HODGES, SUPERINTENDENT, GOWANDA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, AND BRION D. TRAVIS, CHAIRMAN, NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF PAROLE, Respondents-appellants.

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It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously reversed on the law without costs and the petition is denied.

Memorandum:

Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking to annul the determination denying him release on parole. Supreme Court erred in granting the petition. The record demonstrates that the Parole Board considered the relevant statutory factors, including petitioner's record in prison and postrelease plans, before concluding in its discretion that, due to the serious and violent nature of the crime and petitioner's other violent conduct, petitioner is not an acceptable candidate for release on parole ( see, Matter of Martinez v. Travis, 289 A.D.2d 823 [decided Dec. 20, 2001]; Matter of Collado v. New York State Div. of Parole, 287 A.D.2d 921). Because the Parole Board considered the appropriate factors ( see, Executive Law § 259-i [c] [A]) and there is no "showing of irrationality bordering on impropriety" ( Matter of Russo v. New York State Bd. of Parole, 50 N.Y.2d 69, 77), there is no basis for judicial intervention ( see, Matter of Silmon v. Travis, 95 N.Y.2d 470, 476-477; Matter of Gaston v. Herbert, 262 A.D.2d 1080; Matter of Zane v. Travis, 231 A.D.2d 848).

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MATTER OF THURMAN v. HODGES
(Mar 15, 2002)