MATTER OF JOHNSON v. SELSKY


257 A.D.2d 874 (1999)

685 N.Y.S.2d 123

In the Matter of MICHAEL JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. DONALD SELSKY, as Director of Special Housing Unit, Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.

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

Decided January 21, 1999.


Petitioner, an inmate at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County, was found guilty of violating numerous prison disciplinary rules, including those prohibiting engaging in violent conduct, refusing to obey a direct order, possession of a weapon and attempting to assault another inmate. These charges all stemmed from petitioner's alleged participation in a disturbance at the Big Yard of the facility on October 8, 1997, involving approximately 20 inmates, which...

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