Perez v. Coughlin

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Quinn, J.), entered April 8,1981 in Clinton County, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to declare that his transfer to Clinton Prison was arbitrary, capricious and inhumane, and directed respondent to transfer petitioner to a prison facility in proximity to Yonkers, New York. Petitioner, while serving a sentence at Auburn Correctional Facility, sought a hardship transfer to a facility near Yonkers in order to facilitate visits by his closest living relative, his sister, who was…