Legal Opinion

Tafari v. Rock

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 17, 2011PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*1442Following a tier II disciplinary hearing, petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of refusing a direct order after he ignored correction officers’ orders to get dressed for a medical call-out. That determination was administratively affirmed after which petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding. Supreme Court dismissed the petition and this appeal ensued.

We affirm. Initially, we reject petitioner’s contention that his rights were violated by the Hearing Officer’s refusal to call a certain facility nurse practitioner as a witness, inasmuch as there was no evidence that the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hernandez v. BezioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  2. Pante v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Crenshaw v. FischerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  2. Tafari v. RockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  3. Smalls v. FischerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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