Legal Opinion
Lugo v. Coombe
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 19, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrew Iii, J.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.
Following a tier III disciplinary hearing petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of committing arson by setting fire to his mattress and later extinguishing it. Upon denial of his administrative appeal, petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking to annul the determination.
Initially, we reject…
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- Abif v. StinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
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