Legal Opinion
Esteves v. Coughlin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 4, 1990PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWeiss, J.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Greene County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.
Petitioner, an inmate at Coxsackie Correctional Facility in Greene County, was charged in a misbehavior report with assaulting a fellow prisoner, Larry Thomas, on September 1, 1988. The misbehavior report states that Thomas was assaulted in the prison yard and was cut on the face. Thomas immediately reported the attack to a correction officer, giving the cell…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- 300 Gramatan Avenue Associates v. State Division of Human RightsNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People ex rel. Vega v. SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Burgos v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Wanton v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- Freeman v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
3Cited by2 opinions
- Rolon v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Wedgeworth v. CoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992