Odom v. Goord

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

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of harassing a correction officer in violation of prison disciplinary rules. The misbehavior report, written by the correction officer who was the target of the harassment, was “sufficiently relevant and probative” to sustain the finding of guilt (People ex rel. Vega v…