Case Name: In the Matter of Reginald Martin, Appellant, v. Thomas A. Coughlin et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1988-04-18
Citations: 139 A.D.2d 650
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Reginald Martin, Appellant, v Thomas A. Coughlin et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 139
Pages: 650–651

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Reginald Martin, Appellant, v Thomas A. Coughlin et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
— In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the respondents, dated September 26, 1986, that the petitioner had used an illegal controlled substance in violation of an inmate rule, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Jiudice, J.), entered March 16, 1987, which dismissed the proceeding.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petition is granted to the extent that the determination is annulled, and the matter is remitted to the respondents for a new Tier III hearing.
The respondents concede, and we agree, that a new Tier III hearing must be held since the petitioner was denied his procedural rights when a witness did not testify in the petitioner's presence, the petitioner was not given a tape of the testimony and no reason was given for the departure from departmental regulations (7 NYCRR 254.5 [b]). We find no merit to the other contentions raised by the petitioner. Mollen, P. J., Lawrence, Eiber, Sullivan and Balletta, JJ., concur.