MATTER OF WALKER v. SENKOWSKI


294 A.D.2d 635 (2002)

740 N.Y.S.2d 891

In the Matter of MICHAEL WALKER, Appellant, v. DANIEL A. SENKOWSKI, as Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility, Respondent.

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

Decided May 2, 2002.


Petitioner filed a grievance claiming that his assignment to a 12-step Residential Substance Abuse Program conflicted with his traditional Native American beliefs. Petitioner initially attended the program but, before his grievance was resolved, he unilaterally signed out of the program. Following a tier II hearing, petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule prohibiting inmates from refusing program assignments.

Petitioner contends that...

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