MATTER OF JOHNSON v. SMITH


49 A.D.3d 1116 (2008)

853 N.Y.S.2d 750

In the Matter of VARSEY JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. JOSEPH SMITH, as Superintendent of Shawangunk Correctional Facility, Respondent.

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

Decided March 27, 2008.


Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging a tier II disciplinary determination which found him guilty of refusing a direct order and creating a disturbance. According to the misbehavior report, although petitioner was among a group of inmates in the commissary area that was twice given a direct order to lower their voices, petitioner nevertheless continued to speak in a loud manner. The misbehavior report and the hearing testimony of the correction...

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