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MATTER OF GERMENIS v. COUGHLIN

232 A.D.2d 738 (1996)

649 N.Y.S.2d 53

In the Matter of Spyros F. Germenis, Appellant, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, Iii, as Commissioner of The New York State Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents

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

October 17, 1996

Spain, J.

Petitioner, a prisoner formerly held at Mohawk Correctional Facility in Oneida County* and a Greek Orthodox Christian, was denied access to a wooden icon that he claims is significant in the practice of his religion. He filed a grievance with the Inmate Grievance Resolution Committee (hereinafter IGRC). The IGRC deadlocked, divided between two opinions; however, respondent Superintendent of the facility determined...

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