MATTER OF PITTS v. FISCHER

513226.

98 A.D.3d 762 (2012)

948 N.Y.S.2d 923

2012 NY Slip Op 5856

In the Matter of BERNARD PITTS, Appellant, v. BRIAN FISCHER, as Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision, Respondent.

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

Decided August 2, 2012.


As the result of an interaction with a female correction officer, petitioner, an inmate, was found guilty of violating several prison disciplinary rules. Petitioner's administrative appeal was unsuccessful and he thereafter commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging the determination. Supreme Court dismissed the petition and petitioner now appeals.

We reverse. At the hearing, petitioner requested the testimony of a putative eyewitness. In response, the...

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