Jones v. Coombe

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

Petitioner was found guilty of violating prison disciplinary rules that prohibit threatening a staff member, fighting, possession of a weapon and refusing to obey a direct order. He argues that this determination should be annulled because, inter alia, his due process rights were violated by the bias of the Hearing Officer who presided at his…