Legal Opinion

Scott v. Coombe

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 27, 1996PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.

On September 16, 1994, an inmate named Darrell Schermerhorn was assaulted by other inmates in the bathroom area of the main gym at Clinton Correctional Facility in Clinton County. During the course of this assault, Schermerhorn was stabbed and seriously wounded. No correction officers witnessed the assault and Schermerhorn refused to answer any questions or otherwise cooperate in the investigation. Subsequently, in a misbehavior report dated September 28, 1994 which was au*997thored by Correction Sergeant Steven Jennett, petitioner was charged with violating prison disciplinary rules (7 NYCRR…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. MTR. OF ABDUR-RAHEEM v. MannNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. Laureano v. KuhlmannNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
  3. Giakoumelos v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  4. Otero v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  5. Serra v. SelskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Roe v. SelskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  2. Torres v. CoombeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  3. Hazel v. CoombeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  4. O'Keefe v. CoombeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  5. Reid v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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