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HEARING OFFICER IMPROPERLY LIMITED THE NUMBER OF WITNESS PETITIONER COULD CALL, NEW HEARING REQUIRED.

The Third Department determined the hearing officer improperly limited the number of witnesses petitioner could call for the hearing. a new hearing was required:

Prior to the hearing, petitioner gave his assistant a list of 13 potential inmate witnesses who might testify. At the hearing, it appears that he wished to have some of these witnesses testify, but the content of their proposed testimony was never ascertained by the Hearing Officer. Instead, the Hearing Officer limited the number of witnesses to three, stating that he was not going to allow redundant testimony. Significantly, however, the Hearing Officer never explained the reason that the testimony would be redundant and this is not clear from the record. Under these circumstances, we find that the denial of the remaining inmate witnesses was error… . Matter of Payton v Annucci, 2016 NY Slip Op 03791, 3rd Dept 5-12-16

DISCIPLINARY  HEARINGS (INMATES) (HEARING OFFICER IMPROPERLY LIMITED THE NUMBER OF WITNESS PETITIONER COULD CALL, NEW HEARING REQUIRED)

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