Nichols v. Coughlin

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to (1) review a determination of the Superintendent of the Sing Sing Correctional Facility, dated October 9, 1986, which, after a hearing, placed the petitioner in involuntary protective custody, and (2) to compel the respondents to expunge the determination from the petitioner’s institutional record.

Adjudged that the petition is granted, the determination is annulled, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the respondents are directed to expunge from the petitioner’s institutional record all references to the hearing and determination.

We agree…