MTR ESTADES v. COUGHLIN


101 A.D.2d 299 (1984)

In the Matter of James Estades, Appellant, v. Thomas A. Coughlin III, as Commissioner of The Department of Correctional Services, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

May 17, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis A. Kaufman for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Martin A. Hotvet and William J. Kogan of counsel), for respondent.

MAIN, MIKOLL, YESAWICH, JR., and HARVEY, JJ., concur.


MAHONEY, P. J.

Petitioner was an inmate at Eastern Correctional Facility when, on April 12, 1982, he twice refused orders by correction officers to pack his belongings for a move to another cell. Petitioner was then taken to a "mental observation cell" and there refused an order to comply with a strip search. He was retained in the mental observation cell until April 21. Formal charges were served on April...

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