Tafari v. Brown

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Work, J.), entered October 16, 2006 in Ulster County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent finding petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Following an incident in which petitioner used profane and disrespectful language toward a correction officer, he was charged in a misbehavior report with verbal harassment. He was found guilty of the charge following a tier II disciplinary hearing and the determination was affirmed on administrative…