MATTER OF BARNES v. LeFevre

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The judgment of the Appellate Division should be reversed, and under the circumstances of this case, the petition granted, the determination of respondents annulled and respondents directed to expunge all references to the proceeding from petitioner’s file and to restore the good behavior allowance lost.

Petitioner, an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility, challenges the determination of an inmate disciplinary hearing on the ground that prison officials improperly denied his right to call witnesses (see, 7 NYCRR 254.5). During the course of his testimony,…