Legal Opinion
McKethan v. Selsky
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 12, 2002PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules prohibiting inmates from refusing to obey a direct order and misusing state property. According to the record on appeal, property had been reported missing from the facility’s law library, motivating correction officers to search the cells of inmates who, like petitioner, held library jobs. Prior to the search of his cell, petitioner was handcuffed and stationed in an area where he could observe the search. He then began shouting that the search was an example of the way black inmates were singled out for mistreatment by…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gonzalez v. WronskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Morris v. SelskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Polanco v. SelskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
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- Matter of Kirby v. AnnucciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
- Ortiz v. FischerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
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