MATTER OF WALKER v. YELICH

526900.

170 A.D.3d 1358 (2019)

95 N.Y.S.3d 648

2019 NY Slip Op 01873

In the Matter of Carlton Walker, Petitioner, v. Bruce S. Yelich, as Superintendent of Bare Hill Correctional Facility, Respondent.

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

Decided March 14, 2019.


In September 2017, petitioner left his cell to attend a Rastafarian religious service at the correctional facility where he is incarcerated. After producing his identification, he was permitted to attend the service but was later directed by a correction officer to return to his cell because his name was not on the Rastafarian call out list. Although petitioner made an unsuccessful request to speak to a sergeant after informing the officer of continuing problems with the...

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