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MATTHEWS v. SELSKY

No. 91 Civ. 7277 (JES).

870 F.Supp. 66 (1994)

Henry MATTHEWS, Plaintiff, v. Donald SELSKY, Director of Special Housing/Inmate Discipline; Leon Sandmann, Corrections Lieutenant, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

December 12, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City (Allan M. Pepper, of counsel), for plaintiff.

G. Oliver Koppell, Atty. Gen. of State of N.Y., New York City (Marilyn T. Trautfield, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SPRIZZO, District Judge.

Plaintiff brought this § 1983 action against prison officials alleging that he was unconstitutionally denied the right to call a witness at a disciplinary hearing. Defendants move for summary judgment dismissing the Complaint. For the reasons that follow, defendants' motion is granted.

BACKGROUND

On May 2, 1990, plaintiff Henry Matthews ("Matthews"), an inmate at Sing Sing Correctional...

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