Opinion ID: 787387
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Remaining Open Proceedings and the Disciplinary Ruling

Text: 20 On February 8, 2000, the disciplinary hearing continued with Sira present. Once again, he protested the inadequate notice afforded by the misbehavior report. Further, while conceding that he had no right to know the identity of the confidential sources who had provided information against him, Sira asserted that he was entitled to know the substance of their allegations. Capt. Morton adhered to his earlier ruling rejecting Sira's notice challenge; he also refused to disclose the confidential information revealed at the ex parte hearing. 21 In his written disposition of the charges issued the same day, Capt Morton stated that based upon the initial misbehavior report, Lt. Schneider's testimony, and the confidential evidence, he found Sira guilty of organizing inmates to participate in the charged prison demonstration, see 7 N.Y.C.R.R. § 270.2(B), rule 104.12, but not guilty of making threats, see id., rule 102.10. Morton sentenced Sira to six months' confinement in a Special Housing Unit, effective immediately, during which time he would lose certain prison privileges relating to receipt of mail, telephone use, and commissary visits. Further, Morton recommended that Sira lose six months' good-time credit toward his release date. 22