Murray v. Goord

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Chemung County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of committing a sex offense, disobeying a direct order, interfering with an employee and violating visiting room procedures. According to the misbehavior report, petitioner was observed sitting on a visiting room table while his girlfriend sat in front of him with her…