MATTER OF GAYLE v. BIGNESS


220 A.D.2d 939 (1995)

633 N.Y.S.2d 84

In the Matter of David I. Gayle, Appellant, v. J. L. Bigness, as Correction Officer of Bare Hill Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents

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

October 26, 1995


Petitioner, an inmate at Bare Hill Correctional Facility in Franklin County, requested that a particular inmate be assigned to assist him with certain legal matters. He contends that the denial of his request was arbitrary and capricious and deprived him of access to the courts. We disagree. The record reveals that security concerns were among the reasons for the denial of petitioner's request. Moreover, petitioner has not demonstrated that the failure to provide him with...

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