MTR. OF CANCEL v. GOORD


181 Misc.2d 363 (1999)

695 N.Y.S.2d 267

In the Matter of FRANKIE CANCEL, Petitioner, v. GLENN S. GOORD, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Dutchess County.

July 6, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frankie Cancel, petitioner pro se.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, Poughkeepsie (J. Gardner Ryan of counsel), for respondent.


OPINION OF THE COURT

RALPH A. BEISNER, J.

Petitioner, an inmate at Fishkill Correctional Facility, is a Shi'a Muslim. Petitioner brought a grievance under the Inmate Grievance Program requesting that Shi'a Muslims be allowed to have religious study meetings, classes or study groups specific to their religious beliefs and that they be allowed access to outside Shi'a clergy persons. By determination dated July...

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