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Matter of Brown v. Scully

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 22, 1985
110 A.D.2d 835 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)

Opinion

April 22, 1985

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Braatz, J.).


Judgment affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

On this appeal, petitioner contends that he was deprived of his right to call witnesses at his disciplinary proceeding. However, his failure to name specific witnesses at the hearing justified the hearing officer's decision not to allow testimony from a large number of potential witnesses, identified only as "members of Mosque", due to hazards to prison safety such a procedure would have entailed ( see, Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539).

With regard to petitioner's contention that he was denied effective employee assistance, the employee assistant was required to investigate any reasonable factual claim the inmate might make ( see, 7 N.Y.CRR former 253.3). However, petitioner gave his assistant no reasonable information to investigate.

As to petitioner's contention that the hearing officer was improperly designated, the facts establish that although she was watch commander on the date of the incident, she did not witness it or become directly involved in it ( see, 7 N.Y.CRR former 253.2 [d]).

Finally, petitioner's contention that he was not provided with an adequate statement of the reasons for the disposition is without merit since the hearing officer's report provided an adequate basis for review by stating both the reason for the disposition and the evidence upon which it was based ( see, Wolff v. McDonnell, supra; Matter of Amato v. Ward, 41 N.Y.2d 469). Lazer, J.P., O'Connor, Weinstein and Brown, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Brown v. Scully

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 22, 1985
110 A.D.2d 835 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)
Case details for

Matter of Brown v. Scully

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of WILLIE BROWN, Appellant, v. CHARLES SCULLY, as…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Apr 22, 1985

Citations

110 A.D.2d 835 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)

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