                          State of New York
                   Supreme Court, Appellate Division
                      Third Judicial Department
Decided and Entered: March 19, 2015                    518780
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In the Matter of ROBERT
   COWARD,
                    Appellant,
      v                                     MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF
   PAROLE,
                    Respondent.
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Calendar Date:   January 20, 2015

Before:   Lahtinen, J.P., Rose, Devine and Clark, JJ.

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     Robert Coward, Hudson, appellant pro se.

      Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (William E.
Storrs of counsel), for respondent.

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      Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Nichols, J.),
entered April 10, 2014 in Columbia County, which, in a proceeding
pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondent's motion to
dismiss the petition.

     Judgment affirmed.    No opinion.

     Lahtinen, J.P., Rose, Devine and Clark, JJ., concur.
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ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.




                       ENTER:




                       Robert D. Mayberger
                       Clerk of the Court
