LARRY JOHNSON v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE

APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY

APPELLATE DIVISION

DOCKET NO. A-0613-09T1

LARRY JOHNSON,

Appellant,

vs.

NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS,

Respondent.

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November 16, 2010

Submitted: November 4, 2010 - Decided:

Before Judges Cuff and Simonelli.

On appeal from a Final Decision of the Department of Corrections.

Larry Johnson, appellant pro se.

Paula T. Dow, Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Melissa H. Raksa, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Jennifer S. Hsia, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

PER CURIAM

This is a prison disciplinary appeal. Inmate Larry Johnson was charged with threatening another with bodily harm or with any offense against his person or property (*.005), contrary to N.J.A.C. 10A:4-4.1, after a senior corrections officer heard Johnson threaten to kill a K9 dog. The hearing officer found the inmate guilty of the downgraded offense of violation any rule/regulation (.709), contrary to N.J.A.C. 10A:4-4.1, and imposed the following sanction: five days detention, sixty days loss of commutation credit, and thirty days loss of recreational privileges. The Administrator upheld the finding of guilt and the sanction.

On appeal, the inmate argues that the adjudication is not supported by the evidence, and he was denied due process of law. Having thoroughly reviewed the record, we are satisfied that the final decision of the administrator is supported by sufficient credible evidence in the record, Rule 2:11-3(e)(1)(D), and that the inmate was afforded the process he was due. McDonald v. Pinchak, 139 N.J. 188, 202-03 (1995); Jacobs v. Stephens, 139 N.J. 212, 222 (1995); Avant v. Clifford, 67 N.J. 496, 522 (1975).

Affirmed.