MATTER OF GRIFFIN v. COUGHLIN


211 A.D.2d 187 (1995)

In the Matter of David Griffin, Appellant, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of The New York State Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents

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

May 18, 1995


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Isseks, Goshen, for appellant.

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, Albany (Julie S. Mereson and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondents.

CARDONA, P. J., WHITE, CASEY and PETERS, JJ., concur.


SPAIN, J.

Petitioner, a self-declared atheist, was participating in the Family Reunion Program (hereinafter FRP) while incarcerated at Greenhaven Correctional Facility in Dutchess County under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correctional Services (hereinafter DOCS). Upon his transfer to Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Ulster County in May 1991, he was informed that, because he had a history of drug...

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