MATTER OF ESPINAL v. COUGHLIN


149 A.D.2d 904 (1989)

In the Matter of Benjamin Espinal, 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.

April 27, 1989


Yesawich, Jr., J.

Petitioner, presumably a non-English-speaking inmate, was found guilty in a Tier III hearing of violating the prison disciplinary rule against violent conduct and conduct threatening violence (see, 7 NYCRR 270.1 [b] [5] [ii]) for grasping out of his cell at a correction officer's pocket containing pens and cigarettes. The misbehavior report as to this charge states that, "Incident [was] Recorded on Even-West Tape no #3 Sat 4/9...

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