Warren v. Goord

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

Petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with possessing contraband and altered items after three makeshift weapons that were made from state pens and sharpened pieces of flat metal were found in his cell. He was found guilty of the charges following a tier III disciplinary hearing. The determination was affirmed on administrative appeal, resulting in…