Amaker v. Coughlin

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: The failure of the Hearing Officer to call certain witnesses on petitioner’s behalf did not deprive petitioner of due process (see, Matter of Laureano v Kuhlmann, 75 NY2d 141, 146-147; see also, 7 NYCRR 254.5 [a]). The right of petitioner "to produce whatever evidence he may have relating to his innocence” (Matter of Laureano v Kuhlmann, supra, at 146) does not encompass the right to call witnesses whose testimony would be irrelevant or redundant (see, Matter of Irby v Kelly, 161 AD2d 860, 861; see also, Matter of Herrera v Coughlin, 171 AD2d 1081;…