Legal Opinion
Cowart v. Bezio
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 12, 2009PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.
Petitioner, a prisoner, was given a misbehavior report citing various charges stemming from a series of letters that he wrote to the facility’s Muslim coordinating chaplain, and which he also distributed to other inmates. Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, petitioner was found guilty of demonstration and unauthorized…
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