Mateo v. Goord

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

Following a disciplinary hearing, petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of violating the disciplinary rules which prohibit inmates from possessing a weapon, unauthorized exchange and possessing contraband. The misbehavior report and testimony received at the hearing, including petitioner’s plea of guilty to unauthorized exchange and his admission to…