Morrison v. Coughlin

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Hughes, J.), entered April 15,1983 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to annul a determination of a superintendent’s proceeding finding petitioner guilty of violating certain disciplinary rules. H Petitioner was an inmate at Great Meadow Correctional Facility. On June 4,1982, while in the mess hall, he was ordered by a correction officer to take a particular seat. He refused to do so and, instead, displayed gross insubordination by using profanity toward the…