Vasquez v. Coombe

—Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Kahn, J.), entered April 4, 1996 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services partially suspending petitioner’s visitation privileges.

Petitioner was an inmate at Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Ulster County when his visitation privileges with a woman known as Cynthia Rivera were suspended. Petitioner subsequently commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding, contending that this constituted a violation of his…