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Hop Wah v. Coughlin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jun 28, 1990
162 A.D.2d 887 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)

Opinion

June 28, 1990

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Albany County.


Petitioner was charged with and found guilty of violating prison disciplinary rule 100.10 prohibiting assault (see, 7 NYCRR 270.1 [B] [1] [i]) after an incident during which he twice threw a cup of milk onto a correction officer. The sole basis for petitioner's challenge to the determination is that the act, admitted to by petitioner, did not constitute an assault, as envisioned by the rule. We disagree. In our view, an assault by an inmate need not cause or intend injury and we find that the abusive throwing of any liquid onto a correction officer constitutes an assault pursuant to rule 100.10 (see, Matter of Hop Wah v. Coughlin, 160 A.D.2d 1054; Matter of Curcio v. Jones, 144 A.D.2d 185, 186). Furthermore, contrary to petitioner's argument, rule 100.10 provides sufficiently clear notice that throwing milk at a correction officer is assaultive behavior and therefore forbidden (see, Matter of Hop Wah v. Coughlin, supra; Matter of Hobson v. Coughlin, 137 A.D.2d 940, 941). Accordingly, the petition lacks merit.

Determination confirmed, and petition dismissed, without costs. Kane, J.P., Casey, Mikoll, Yesawich, Jr., and Harvey, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Hop Wah v. Coughlin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jun 28, 1990
162 A.D.2d 887 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
Case details for

Hop Wah v. Coughlin

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of JOHN J. HOP WAH, Petitioner, v. THOMAS A. COUGHLIN, III…

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

Date published: Jun 28, 1990

Citations

162 A.D.2d 887 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)
558 N.Y.S.2d 235

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