Legal Opinion
Matter of Battle v. Pignotti
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 9, 2017No. 524496PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Ulster County) to review a determination of respondent finding petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.
Petitioner, a prison inmate and electrician by trade, was charged in a misbehavior report with tampering with electricity, creating a fire hazard and smoking in an undesignated area. The charges stemmed from an incident wherein a correction officer passing by petitioner’s cell smelled smoke and, upon investigating, observed, among other things, a charred…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Tarbell v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Matter of Williams v. AnnucciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- Coleman v. SelskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Seegars v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
3Cited by4 opinions
- Matter of Caldara v. AnnucciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018
- Matter of Cornell v. AnnucciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
- Matter of Duchnowski v. AnnucciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
- Matter of Duchnowski v. AnnucciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019