Case Name: In the Matter of Jose Matos, Petitioner, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, as Commissioner of Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1991-10-04
Citations: 176 A.D.2d 1230
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Jose Matos, Petitioner, v Thomas A. Coughlin, as Commissioner of Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 176
Pages: 1230–1230

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Jose Matos, Petitioner, v Thomas A. Coughlin, as Commissioner of Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
— Determination unanimously confirmed and petition dismissed. Memorandum: There is substantial evidence to support the determination that petitioner is guilty of conspiring to riot, leading an action detrimental to the facility, and failing to report an injury. The confidential and nonconfidential testimony before the Hearing Officer established that petitioner orchestrated the mass assault in the prison yard in retaliation for another inmate's earlier attack on him. (Article 78 Proceeding Transferred by Order of Supreme Court, Wyoming County, Dadd, J.) Present —Callahan, A. P. J., Denman, Green, Pine and Davis, JJ.