Case Name: In the Matter of Al Blake, Petitioner, v. Philip Coombe, Jr., as Acting Commissioner of New York State Department of Correctional Services, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-04-19
Citations: 226 A.D.2d 1123
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Al Blake, Petitioner, v Philip Coombe, Jr., as Acting Commissioner of New York State Department of Correctional Services, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 226
Pages: 1123–1123

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Al Blake, Petitioner, v Philip Coombe, Jr., as Acting Commissioner of New York State Department of Correctional Services, Respondent.
[642 NYS2d 831]

Opinion:
Determination unanimously confirmed without costs and petition dismissed. Memorandum: We reject the argument of petitioner that he was denied the right to call a witness at the disciplinary hearing. The record does not establish that petitioner requested the testimony of that witness at the disciplinary hearing (see, Matter of Gomez v Coughlin, 140 AD2d 902, 904).
The determination that petitioner violated inmate rule 113.10 (7 NYCRR 270.2 [B] [14] [i]), prohibiting possession of a weapon by an inmate, is supported by substantial evidence. Petitioner's denial of the charge raised an issue of credibility, which the Hearing Officer resolved against petitioner (see, Matter of Perez v Wilmot, 67 NY2d 615, 617). (CPLR art 78 Proceeding Transferred by Order of Supreme Court, Wyoming County, Dadd, J.) Present—Pine, J. P., Wesley, Callahan, Doerr and Boehm, JJ.