SANTIAGO v. FISCHER

514317.

105 A.D.3d 1223 (2013)

963 N.Y.S.2d 460

2013 NY Slip Op 2615

In the Matter of ROMAN SANTIAGO, Appellant, v. BRIAN FISCHER, as Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision, et al., Respondents.

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

Decided April 18, 2013.


During his incarceration, petitioner practiced the Native American religious faith and possessed religious items used in such practice. However, after he was transferred to Green Haven Correctional Facility in Dutchess County, he was no longer permitted to practice this faith nor to possess related religious items unless he submitted proof of his Native American ancestry. He filed two grievances as a result. They were both denied by the Central Office Review Committee (hereinafter...

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