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Disputed Disciplinary Facts Require Reversal
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1994, page 5
Michael Mays is a New York state prisoner who was infracted for allegedly refusing to return to his cell when a guard ordered him to do so. After a disciplinary hearing Mays was found "guilty" and sentenced to segregation, loss of good time and privileges. He appealed the finding to …
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Disciplinary Litigation,
Notice of Charges,
Disciplinary Appeals,
Summary Judgment.
Location:
New York.
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