Legal Opinion
Gayle v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided April 22, 1987No. Claim No. 74406PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edwin Margolis, J.
This claim, by an inmate of a State prison, purports to state a cause of action for wrongful confinement (i.e., false imprisonment in a prison setting) lasting two days. The claimant *571asserts that he was placed in keeplock (i.e., confined to a cell) for nine days before he received a hearing on the misbehavior charge that had been lodged against him. If true, this would constitute a violation of the applicable rule of the Department of Correctional Services (7 NYCRR 251-5.1 [a]), which requires that when an inmate is confined pending a disciplinary…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Weiss v. FoteNew York Court of Appeals · 1960
- Tango v. TulevechNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Tarter v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Gittens v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1986
- Glowinski v. BraunAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Rosen v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2009
- Ramirez v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1997
- Boland v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1994
- Signature Health Center, LLC v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 2010
- Mickens v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 2009
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