Legal Opinion
Cooks v. Prack
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 15, 2011PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1200Petitioner, a prison inmate, was served with a misbehavior report charging him with possession of a weapon after a sharpened plexiglass shank was allegedly discovered under his mattress during a cell frisk. Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, during which petitioner requested and was denied a copy of Department of Correctional Services Directive No. 4910, he was found guilty of the charge. When that determination was affirmed administratively, petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding.
Because the hearing officer improperly denied petitioner’s request for a relevant document,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hillard v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Caldwell v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Mitchell v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
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