MATTER OF BLAKE v. COUGHLIN


189 A.D.2d 1016 (1993)

In the Matter of William Blake, Jr., Respondent-Appellant, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of The Department of Correctional Services, et al., Appellants-Respondents

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

January 21, 1993


We agree with Supreme Court that the Hearing Officer violated petitioner's right to call witnesses under 7 NYCRR 254.5 (a) by denying his request to call the correction sergeant who had recommended petitioner for his job as a porter in the special housing unit (hereinafter SHU). The hearing was being held to determine whether petitioner should be placed in administrative segregation. Among the reasons given in support of the recommendation...

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