Barranco v. Coughlin

—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 Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was involved in a physical altercation with a correction officer. Following a hearing, petitioner was found guilty of violating prison disciplinary rules prohibiting inmates from assaulting prison personnel, possessing an item that may be classified as a weapon or that has been altered to…