MATTER OF LAFONTANT v. FISCHER


51 A.D.3d 1347 (2008)

860 N.Y.S.2d 637

In the Matter of ANTHONY LAFONTANT, Petitioner, v. BRIAN FISCHER, as Commissioner of Correctional Services, Respondent.

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

Decided May 29, 2008.


After a female correction officer observed petitioner sitting on his bed and masturbating with his penis exposed, petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with violating the prison disciplinary rule prohibiting lewd conduct. A tier III disciplinary hearing ensued, at the conclusion of which petitioner was found guilty as charged. That determination was administratively affirmed, prompting petitioner to commence this CPLR article 78 proceeding.

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