Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Smith
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 9, 1981PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Meyer, J.
This appeal presents the question whether a prison inmate is entitled as a matter of due process to a trial concerning the correctness of an entry in his permanent file that he was involved in a plan to escape from a correctional facility. By article 78 proceeding petitioner sought expungement from his records of all references to such an escape plan. The order entered at Special Term did not direct ex-pungement. It did, however, prohibit consideration of the alleged escape plan upon any application by petitioner for transfer, assignment, programs, temporary…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Montanye v. HaymesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Holt v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People ex rel. Brown v. JohnstonNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
- Johnson v. WardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
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3Cited by39 opinions
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