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Failure to Make Sufficient Effort to Transport Injured Inmate to His Hearing Required Annulment

In annulling a disciplinary determination, the Third Department ruled the inmate’s statement to the escort officer that he had injured his foot and could not put on a shoe (to walk to the disciplinary hearing) did not constitute a refusal to attend the hearing:

“[A]n inmate has a fundamental right to be present at his or her disciplinary hearing, unless he or she waives such right or refuses to attend”  …. Here, instead of “transporting petitioner to the hearing by  wheelchair, stretcher or other appropriate conveyance  or arranging to have medical personnel examine petitioner or otherwise developing a record on the issue of petitioner’s physical ability to walk” … – or even exploring the possibility of allowing petitioner to leave his SHU cell with only one shoe – the Hearing Officer summarily accepted the  escort  officer’s characterization of  petitioner’s conduct  as a blatant refusal to attend the hearing … .Under these circumstances, the record does not support the finding that petitioner “willfully refused”… .  Matter of Brooks v James, 514707, 3rd Dept, 4-18-13

 

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