PEOPLE EX REL. BRIGHT v. WARDEN


79 Misc.2d 959 (1974)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. James Bright, Relator, v. Warden of New York City Correctional Institution for Men, Respondent. The People of the State of New York ex rel. James Williams, Relator, v. Warden of New York City Correctional Institution for Men, Respondent. The People of the State of New York ex rel. Frank Figueroa, Relator, v. Warden of New York City Correctional Institution for Men, Respondent. The People of the State of New York ex rel. Leon Alston, Relator, v. Warden of New York City Correctional Institution for Men, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Trial Term, Bronx County.

November 18, 1974


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Gallagher, Judith Levin, Bonnie Brower and Joseph A. Kaplan for relators. Adrian P. Burke, Corporation Counsel (Donna Maria Fleming, June C. Zeizel and Elliot Tunis of counsel), for respondent.


LOUIS CIOFFI, J.

The above four writs of habeas corpus raise similar questions regarding prison disciplinary hearings and are considered together in this decision.

All the relators are serving definite sentences in the New York City Correctional Institution for Men. They have all had disciplinary hearings on the ground that they allegedly violated the rules...

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