Sandlin v. State

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (McNamara, J.), entered March 26, 2001, which denied claimant’s application *724pursuant to Court of Claims Act § 10 (6) for permission to file a late notice of claim.

Claimant contends that the Court of Claims abused its discretion in denying a December 2000 application for permission to file a late notice of claim pursuant to Court of Claims Act § 10 (6). According to the proposed claim, while incarcerated in the Adirondack Correctional Facility in Essex County, claimant was assaulted on eight occasions between April 16, 1998 and March 11, 1999 by…