MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Petitioner was an inmate at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County when he commenced this proceeding seeking review of a determination of the Commissioner of Correctional Services which found him guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules. Supreme Court dismissed the proceeding for lack of personal jurisdiction over respondent based upon petitioner's failure to serve respondent and file proof of such service within the time requirements set forth in the order to show cause. While 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), jurisdiction is not obtained in cases, such as the instant matter, where no showing has been made that the petitioner's status as a prison inmate prevented compliance (see, Matter of Cruz v. Goord, 278 A.D.2d 704; Matter of Burnside v. Lacy, 269 A.D.2d 634). We conclude that the petition was properly dismissed.
Cardona, P.J., Mercure, Crew III, Peters and Lahtinen, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.