MATTER OF TAVARES v. PIATEK


245 A.D.2d 935 (1997)

666 N.Y.S.2d 803

In the Matter of Rafael Tavares, Petitioner, v. Richard Piatek, as Hearing Officer at The Sullivan Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents

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

December 24, 1997


Petitioner was charged in four misbehavior reports with violating the prison disciplinary rules prohibiting inmates from possessing weapons, engaging in violent conduct, making threats, destroying State property, committing arson and assaulting staff in connection with incidents that occurred in April 1996 while petitioner was incarcerated at Fishkill Correctional Facility in Dutchess County. Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, petitioner was found guilty of all charges...

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