MATTER OF SINGH v. COOMBE


239 A.D.2d 721 (1997)

657 N.Y.S.2d 493

In the Matter of Tony Singh, Petitioner, v. Philip Coombe, Jr., as Commissioner of The Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents

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

May 15, 1997


Petitioner was found guilty of violating prison disciplinary rules prohibiting fighting, assaulting an inmate and refusing a direct order. The correction officer who authored the misbehavior report testified that petitioner and the victim, a fellow inmate, were attempting to punch each other and ignored his order to stop fighting. Petitioner admitted that he and the victim "were going at it for about [five] minutes" before being...

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