Nogueras v. Coombe

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Connor, J.), entered December 20, 1996 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent denying petitioner’s request to use shaving clippers.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, contends that the denial of his request for shaving clippers, instead of a razor, on the ground that there must be a medical condition for the issuance thereof, was arbitrary and capricious. The regulation cited by petitioner requires only that each inmate have access to “[s] having…