Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York November 13, 1986 (Stimpfle-Jones v. Jones)

While defendant was serving a 15-year-to-life sentence upon a homicide conviction, he met plaintiff who was teaching in a college program for inmates at Great Meadow Correctional Facility. In September 1975, defendant’s request for permission to marry plaintiff was denied by the Superintendent of Auburn Correctional Facility as prohibited by Civil Rights Law § 79-a.