Case Name: In the Matter of Ruben Lopez, Appellant, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-07-16
Citations: 195 A.D.2d 1078
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Ruben Lopez, Appellant, v Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 195
Pages: 1078–1079

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Ruben Lopez, Appellant, v Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.
[601 NYS2d 901]

Opinion:
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Petitioner contends that the Hearing Officer abused his discretion in failing to provide petitioner with two requested witnesses. Six inmates testified on petitioner's behalf at the hearing and each inmate testified consistent with petitioner's version of events. We conclude that the Hearing Officer did not abuse his discretion in concluding that the testimony of the seventh inmate witness would be redundant. Petitioner has not shown that the eighth witness would have offered additional material testimony (see, Matter of Shamsid-Deen v Selsky, 195 AD2d 1084 [decided herewith]; Matter of Herrera v Coughlin, 171 AD2d 1081). (Appeal from Judgment of Supreme Court, Wyoming County, Dadd, J.—Article 78.) Present—Green, J. P., Lawton, Fallon, Boomer and Boehm, JJ.