Legal Opinion

Wells v. O'Keefe

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

Decided September 13, 2001PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner challenges a determination finding him guilty of refusing to obey a direct order to report to the facility program committee. We find that the misbehavior report, together with the testimony adduced at the hearing, constitute substantial evidence to support the determination of guilt (see, Matter of Foster v Coughlin, 76 NY2d 964, 966; Matter of Ross v…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Foster v. CoughlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
  2. Savage v. SnellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  3. Ross v. BlaineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  4. El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz v. SelskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Matter of Bailey v. PrackAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  2. Allende v. SelskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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