Legal Opinion

Vaughn v. Koktowski

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 5, 2012Published

1Opinion of the Court

*1003Petitioner challenges his classification as a maximum A security risk as being arbitrary and capricious on the ground that, for more than 10 years while incarcerated and classified as a minimum security risk, nothing occurred that would warrant an elevation of his security status. We disagree. “[P]rison administrators have broad discretion in matters concerning institutional security” (Matter of Mohsin v Fischer, 51 AD3d 1233, 1234 [2008]). As previously stated, petitioner did not challenge the Department’s decision in 2006 to reinstate his classification as a maximum A security risk. Also,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Georgiou v. DanielAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  2. Frejomil v. FischerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  3. Mohsin v. FischerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008

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