Legal Opinion
Dawes v. Coughlin
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 3, 1994PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ciparick, J.
At issue in this case is whether respondent Commissioner possesses the authority to reconsider a prior determination when requested to do so by the petitioner inmate. We conclude that respondent acted properly in entertaining the supplementary appeal to petitioner’s pro se administrative appeal and in granting the relief requested therein.
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In January 1991, petitioner, a prisoner in the Great Meadow Correctional Facility, was charged in three separate misbehavior reports with disobeying the facility rules prohibiting assault (two counts) and refusing a direct…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Arteaga v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- Laureano v. KuhlmannNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Holt v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Preston v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Rosario v. SekskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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- Shun Zhong v. SelskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
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