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Matter of Monko v. Selsky

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jan 8, 1998
246 A.D.2d 699 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

January 8, 1998

Appeal from the Supreme Court (Feldstein, J.).


In December 1995 petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of violating prison disciplinary rules prohibiting possession of escape paraphernalia and possession of contraband (i.e., a homemade handcuff key). It subsequently came to light that the tape recording of petitioner's disciplinary hearing had been damaged. Supreme Court thereafter annulled the challenged determination and remitted the matter for a new hearing, which resulted in another decision finding petitioner guilty as charged. Petitioner now contends that Supreme Court's remittal of the matter in lieu of expungement of the administrative decision from his prison record constituted an abuse of discretion. We disagree.

Expungement will be ordered only where there has been a showing that "(1) the challenged disciplinary determination is not supported by substantial evidence * * *; (2) there has been a violation of one of the inmate's fundamental due process rights, as enunciated in Wolff v. McDonnell ( 418 U.S. 539 * * *); or (3) other equitable considerations dictate expungement of the record rather than remittal for a new hearing" ( Matter of Hillard v. Coughlin, 187 A.D.2d 136, 140, lv denied 82 N.Y.2d 651 [citations omitted]). No such showing has been made here. Supreme Court's judgment is, accordingly, affirmed.

Crew III, J.P., White, Yesawich Jr., Peters and Carpinello, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.


Summaries of

Matter of Monko v. Selsky

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jan 8, 1998
246 A.D.2d 699 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

Matter of Monko v. Selsky

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of DANIEL K. MONKO, Appellant, v. DONALD SELSKY, as Director…

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

Date published: Jan 8, 1998

Citations

246 A.D.2d 699 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
667 N.Y.S.2d 480

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