Linares v. Goord

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

Petitioner, then an inmate at Coxsackie Correctional Facility in Greene County, was charged in an inmate misbehavior report with engaging in violent conduct and rioting. That report arose from an alleged incident on September 11, 2001, when a correction officer observed petitioner, who was watching television coverage of the terrorist attacks with a large group of…