MATTER OF THOMAS v. COUGHLIN


194 A.D.2d 281 (1993)

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

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

December 30, 1993


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General, Albany (Victor Paladino and Nancy A. Spiegel of counsel), for appellant.

David C. Leven, Albany (Karen L. Murtagh-Monks of counsel), for respondent.

CARDONA, WHITE, MAHONEY and CASEY, JJ., concur.


MERCURE, J. P.

Petitioner, an inmate at the Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County, was initially found guilty after a Superintendent's hearing of six charges that he violated prison disciplinary rules. Petitioner subsequently initiated a CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging the determination. In his answer, respondent conceded that petitioner had been denied his right under departmental regulations...

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