Gibson v. Coughlin

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Clinton County) to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner, an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility in Clinton County, allegedly patted a civilian teacher employed at the facility on the buttocks as she passed him on a stairway. As a result of the incident, petitioner was charged with violating prison rules which prohibit inmates from physically interfering with…