Barnett v. Metz

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered May 18, 1976 in Washington County, which granted petitioner’s application in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78. Petitioner was an inmate at the Great Meadow Correctional Facility who was transferred to an elderly and handicapped unit at the Fishkill Correctional Facility because of his epileptic disability. He was returned to Great Meadow in February of 1976 upon the December 17, 1975 recommendation of a Dr. Rigney from Fishkill *998that his epilepsy was under complete control when he took medication. However,…