IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAMS v. GOORD


23 A.D.3d 972 (2005)

805 N.Y.S.2d 438

In the Matter of SHAWN WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. GLENN S. GOORD, as Commissioner of Correctional Services, Respondent.

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

November 23, 2005.


Petitioner was in the main recreation yard with approximately 300 other inmates when a correction officer observed him fighting with another inmate and making stabbing motions over the inmate's head. When petitioner ignored the correction officer's order to stop fighting, he was taken down in a body hold and placed in mechanical restraints. A weapon resembling an ice pick was later recovered. As a result of this incident, petitioner...

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