Ayala v. Coombe

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

*753While an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility in Clinton County, petitioner was found, guilty of assaulting another inmate, engaging in violent conduct and disturbing the order of the facility. He argues that this determination is not supported by substantial evidence. We disagree. Petitioner testified that he was…