MATTER OF MITCHELL v. COUGHLIN


219 A.D.2d 749 (1995)

631 N.Y.S.2d 88

In the Matter of Raymond Mitchell, Petitioner, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents

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

September 7, 1995


As a result of his refusal to be dispatched to the lawns and grounds crew at the Washington Correctional Facility in Washington County, petitioner was found guilty of violating prison disciplinary rules requiring inmates to accept program assignments and not to refuse direct orders. Contrary to petitioner's assertion, the misbehavior report offered into evidence at the hearing, which was prepared by a correction officer who personally...

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