MATTER OF MESSIAH v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES


52 A.D.3d 1133 (2008)

862 N.Y.S.2d 388

In the Matter of KASSAN MESSIAH, Petitioner, v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, Respondent.

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

Decided June 26, 2008.


Petitioner, an inmate, provided a letter containing statements of a personal nature to a female prison counselor. Petitioner was not part of the counselor's caseload and he had no prison-related reason to correspond or communicate with her. According to the counselor, the content of the letter and the manner in which petitioner approached her about it made her feel disturbed and threatened. As a result, petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with harassment of an...

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