Case Title: Matter of Bursch v Purchase Coll. of the State Univ. of N.Y.

Citation: 2019 NY Slip Op 04449

Docket Number: 

State: new-york

Court: New York Appellate Court

Date: 2019-06-06T00:00:00Z

Document:
Matter of Bursch v Purchase Coll. of the State Univ. of N.Y.

2019 NY Slip Op 04449

Decided on June 6, 2019

Court of Appeals

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on June 6, 2019

No. 63 SSM 8

[*1]In the Matter of Jamael Bursch, Appellant,
vPurchase College of the State University of New York, et al., Respondents.


Submitted by Peter E. Brill, for appellant.
Submitted by Seth M. Rokosky, for respondents.


MEMORANDUM:
The order of the Appellate Division insofar as appealed from should be reversed, with costs, and the petition insofar as it sought to annul respondents' disciplinary determination granted and the matter remitted to the Appellate Division with directions to remand to respondents for a new disciplinary hearing. Petitioner, a student enrolled at respondent Purchase College of the State University of New York, was accused of multiple disciplinary violations including sexual assault of another student. Petitioner requested a three-hour adjournment of his scheduled administrative hearing so that his attorney could attend the proceeding. Respondents denied this request. Under the particular circumstances of this case, we find respondents abused their discretion as a matter of law by failing to grant the requested adjournment (see Matter of Abdur-Raheem v Mann , 85 NY2d 113, 124 [1995]). Petitioner's remaining arguments need not be reached and any other contentions raised below have been abandoned.
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules, order insofar as appealed from reversed, with costs, and petition insofar as it sought to annul respondents' disciplinary determination granted and matter remitted to the Appellate Division, Second Department, with directions to remand to respondents for a new disciplinary hearing, in a memorandum. Judges Rivera, Stein, Fahey, Garcia, Wilson and Feinman concur. Chief
Judge DiFiore took no part.
Decided June 6, 2019