Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. Selsky
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 27, 2008No. 06 Civ. 4399(RJH)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
RICHARD J. HOLWELL, District Judge.
Pro se plaintiff Abel Hernandez brings this Section 1983 action against two employees 1 of the New York State Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”). Hernandez alleges that defendants deprived him of due process of law in connection with two 2005 prison disciplinary hearings, which resulted in Hernandez’s confinement for 220 days in the Special Housing Unit (“SHU”). The dispositions of both hearings were eventually reversed administratively by the DOCS’ Director of the Special Housing/Inmate Disciplinary Program. Defendant…
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- Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Rubin Sira v. R. Morton, C. Artuz, D. Selsky, and G. GoordCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
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