MEJIA v. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

Docket No. A-0710-13T4.

141 A.3d 1209 (2016)

446 N.J. Super. 369

Rigoberto MEJIA, Appellant, v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided August 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Shalom argued the cause for appellant (American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, attorneys; Mr. Shalom, Edward Barocas , Jeanne LoCicero , and Rebecca Livengood , on the brief; Rigoberto Mejia , on the pro se brief).

Joseph Micheletti , Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent ( Robert Lougy , Acting Attorney General, attorney; Lisa A. Puglisi , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Dianne M. Moratti , Deputy Attorney General, and Alex J. Zowin , Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs).

Before Judges FUENTES, KOBLITZ and GILSON.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

In this prison disciplinary appeal, Rigoberto Mejia argues that the sanction of three and one-half years in administrative segregation was improper. Mejia is a prisoner at New Jersey State Prison currently serving a sentence with a mandatory minimum of forty years imposed in 1995...

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