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Hearing Officer’s Failure to Ascertain Why a Witness Called by the Inmate Refused to Testify Required Annulment of the Disciplinary Determination

The Third Department determined the inmate-petitioner’s disciplinary determination must be annulled because the inmate was effectively denied his right to call a witness:

… [T]he determination must be annulled because petitioner was denied his right to call a witness … . After petitioner requested that his cellmate at the time of the cell search be called to testify, the Hearing Officer sent two correction officers to retrieve him; the officers returned and merely reported that the prospective witness had refused to testify because “he didn’t want to come out.” One of the officers signed a witness refusal to testify form that provided no reason for the refusal and indicated that the prospective witness had refused to sign the form. As the Hearing Officer made no attempt to verify the witness’s refusal or ascertain his reasons for refusing to testify, despite petitioner’s repeated requests, petitioner’s right to call witnesses was violated … . Matter of Figueroa v Prack, 2015 NY Slip Op 06846, 3rd Dept 9-17-15

 

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