Legal Opinion

Wedgeworth v. Coughlin

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

Decided April 2, 1992Published

1Opinion of the Court

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Washington County) to review a determination of *883respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

The misbehavior report, which was written by the correction officer who witnessed the incident, states that he saw petitioner strike another inmate in the head and that later petitioner caught the fleeing inmate, knocked him to the ground and made a slashing motion toward the inmate’s chest. The report described the incident with sufficient specificity,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bernacet v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  2. Esteves v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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