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PETITIONER-INMATE WAS DEPRIVED OF HIS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO BE PRESENT DURING HIS DISCIPLINARY HEARING; ALTHOUGH PETITIONER WAS ARGUMENTATIVE, REMOVAL FROM THE HEARING WAS NOT WARRANTED; DETERMINATION ANNULLED (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, annulling the disciplinary determination, held that petitioner-inmate was deprived of his right to be present during the hearing. Respondent removed petitioner from the hearing when petitioner became argumentative and asked that respondent recuse himself because of bias against the petitioner:

“An inmate has a fundamental right to be present at a Superintendent’s hearing ‘unless he or she refuses to attend, or is excluded for reasons of institutional safety or correctional goals'” … . The record reflects that, early in the hearing, petitioner asked respondent to recuse himself because petitioner had previously filed a complaint against him and perceived him to be biased. Respondent denied petitioner’s recusal request, stating that the complaint would not prevent him from providing petitioner with a fair hearing. Petitioner objected and, thereafter, twice interrupted respondent and complained that respondent had become “hostile” toward him. Respondent directed petitioner to stop interrupting him, warned him that continued interruptions would result in his removal from the hearing and sought petitioner’s acknowledgement that he understood that warning. Petitioner refused to acknowledge the warning, stating that it lacked any basis and that he was “only trying to participate in th[e] hearing.” Respondent then abruptly removed petitioner from the hearing, seemingly because petitioner refused to acknowledge the warning. Although several adjournments were taken that day to secure witnesses, petitioner was never brought back into the hearing. Our review of the record does not demonstrate that petitioner’s briefly argumentative behavior rose to the level of justifying his removal for the entire hearing or that his conduct jeopardized institutional safety and correctional goals … . Matter of Clark v Jordan, 2019 NY Slip Op 08757, Third Dept 12-5-19

 

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