Cooper 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 Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner was found guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule prohibiting inmates from assaulting one another after confidential sources positively identified him as the person responsible for cutting another inmate. Based upon our review of the record, including the transcript of the confidential tapes, we find that the…