Anderson v. Ricks

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

Following a tier II disciplinary hearing, petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules prohibiting harassing an employee and damaging state property. According to the misbehavior report, about one week after receiving a new mattress, petitioner complained that it was ripped. When the reporting correction officer ordered…