MATTER OF COWART v. BEZIO

506418

67 A.D.3d 1152 (2009)

888 N.Y.S.2d 303

2009 NY Slip Op 08109

In the Matter of FLOYD COWART, Petitioner, v. NORMAN R. BEZIO, as Director of Special Housing and Inmate Disciplinary Programs, Respondent.

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

Decided November 12, 2009.


Petitioner, a prisoner, was given a misbehavior report citing various charges stemming from a series of letters that he wrote to the facility's Muslim coordinating chaplain, and which he also distributed to other inmates. Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, petitioner was found guilty of demonstration and unauthorized organization. On administrative appeal, the charge of unauthorized organization was dismissed. Petitioner thereafter commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding...

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