We reject petitioner's claim that he had a right to be present during the testimony of the prison facility's Muslim Imam as to whether the pin petitioner wore was a Muslim insignia. The right to be present applies only when an inmate calls a witness (7 NYCRR 253.5 [b]; 254.5 [b]) and not, as was the case here, where the witness is called by the Hearing Officer (see, Matter of Honoret v Coughlin,
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