Singh v. Coombe

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

Petitioner was found guilty of violating prison disciplinary rules prohibiting fighting, assaulting an inmate and refusing a direct order. The correction officer who authored the misbehavior report testified that petitioner and the victim, a fellow inmate, were attempting to punch each other and ignored his order to…