Tafari v. Selsky

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

Petitioner failed to cooperate with correction officers while he was being placed in handcuffs and removed from his cell for an emergency sick call. During the incident, petitioner ignored a correction officer’s directive to stop resisting, which, in turn, caused the officer’s arm to be pulled into the cell door hatch and his…