McMillan v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Claimant, an inmate at a State correctional facility, commenced this action to recover damages for allegedly wrongful confinement in a special housing unit following his refusal to accept a work assignment. The only issue we need consider on this appeal is claimant’s argument that he is entitled to recover damages on a common-law tort theory of false imprisonment or wrongful excessive confinement because he was confined in a special housing unit in violation of the State’s own regulations (cf., Arteaga v…