Legal Opinion
Bensing v. LeFevre
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 22, 1986PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Michael W. Duskas, J.
This is a special proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in which the petitioner challenges the determination made by the respondents to deny a request for information which was filed pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law § 84 et seq.).
Petitioner, a staff attorney with Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, as such, had occasion to investigate an incident that occurred at the Clinton Correctional Facility. An inmate advised petitioner that he had been assaulted by correction officers and that the assault may have…
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