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

510977.

84 A.D.3d 1668 (2011)

923 N.Y.S.2d 373

In the Matter of VINOD PATEL, Appellant, v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES et al., Respondents.

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

Decided May 26, 2011.


Petitioner, an inmate at Coxsackie Correctional Facility in Greene County, filed a grievance alleging that the facility failed to secure an authority in the Hindu religion to assist him with practicing his faith. His grievance was ultimately denied by the Central Office Review Committee on the ground that the facility chaplain made several efforts to contact the local temple for advice on Hindu matters and had received no reply...

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