Mitchell v. State

Mercure, J.P.

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Hard, J.), entered April 7, 2005, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the claim.

Claimant, a prison inmate, was found guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules following two disciplinary hearings conducted while he was housed at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Westchester County and a penalty including 7½ months of keeplock was imposed. Claimant served a portion of his keeplock penalty at Sing Sing until his transfer to Upstate Correctional Facility in Franklin County, where he was admitted to…