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In the Matter of ANDRE CAMPBELL, Appellant, v. JAMES J. STINSON, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PETERS, J.

Petitioner, an inmate, was found guilty of assaulting a staff member in violation of a prison disciplinary rule after he shoved his shoulder into a correction officer while complying with a direct order to return to company formation. Following an unsuccessful administrative appeal, petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging the determination of his guilt. Supreme Court dismissed the petition and this appeal ensued.

We affirm. Initially, inasmuch as the misbehavior report contained sufficient detail to provide petitioner with notice of the charge against him and the opportunity to prepare a defense, we find that the minor discrepancy between the times indicated on the misbehavior report and the unusual incident report was a mere technical defect which does not require annulment of the determination (see, Matter of Rowe v. Goord, 257 A.D.2d 935; Matter of Alvarado v. Goord, 252 A.D.2d 650; Matter of Lugo v. Coombe, 240 A.D.2d 878). Moreover, the fact that the Hearing Officer inquired into the relevancy of certain testimony requested by petitioner and may have paraphrased petitioner's questions to a witness is not indicative of bias (see, Matter of Lee v. McCoy, 233 A.D.2d 633, 634). Finally, although the disciplinary transcript contains intermittent gaps, there is no support for petitioner's contention that the gaps were intentionally created by the Hearing Officer or were so significant as to prevent meaningful appellate review (see, Matter of Jackson v. Goord, 263 A.D.2d 726, 693 N.Y.S.2d 686, lv denied 94 N.Y.2d 753; Matter of Reid v. Coughlin, 221 A.D.2d 888).

Petitioner's remaining contentions, including those claims based upon his alleged mental incompetency, are either unpreserved for our review or lacking in merit.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.

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MATTER OF CAMPBELL v. STINSON
(Feb 3, 2000)