MATTER OF OYEKOYA v. DUNCAN


284 A.D.2d 757 (2001)

726 N.Y.S.2d 591

In the Matter of WALE OYEKOYA, Petitioner, v. GEORGE DUNCAN, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility, Respondent.

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

Decided June 21, 2001.


Petitioner challenges the results of two prison disciplinary hearings. The first concerned an incident wherein petitioner had lagged behind a group of inmates and refused to comply with repeated orders to catch up. He was found guilty of a movement violation and of refusing to obey a direct order. The second hearing arose out of a coughing attack that petitioner suffered while being frisked. When a correction officer asked if he needed a sick call, petitioner replied, "No...

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