Johnson v. State

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (DeBow, J.), entered November 6, 2013, which denied claimant’s motion to amend his claim.

In 2008, claimant commenced this action seeking damages for slander and defamation, arising out of a correction officer allegedly filing a false misbehavior report against claimant that charged him with prison disciplinary rule violations for throwing urine in the officer’s face. In 2013, claimant moved for leave to amend the claim to assert causes of action based upon malicious prosecution related to subsequent criminal proceedings and violation of prison…