Case Name: In the Matter of Joel Rifkin, Appellant, v. Glenn S. Goord, as Commissioner of New York State Department of Correctional Services, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-06-16
Citations: 273 A.D.2d 878
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Joel Rifkin, Appellant, v Glenn S. Goord, as Commissioner of New York State Department of Correctional Services, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 273
Pages: 878–880

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Joel Rifkin, Appellant, v Glenn S. Goord, as Commissioner of New York State Department of Correctional Services, Respondent.
[709 NYS2d 739]

Opinion:
Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: In this CPLR article 78 proceeding converted by Supreme Court into a declaratory judgment action, petitioner, an inmate, challenges the constitutionality of his placement in administrative segregation, a more restrictive placement than the protective custody for which he is eligible (see, 7 NYCRR 301.4 [a], [b]; 330.2 [a]). The prison authorities removed petitioner from the general prison population based on their determination that