Watson v. Doe

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

Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging a tier III disciplinary determination finding him guilty of assaulting a staff member and disturbing the order of the facility after he assaulted a correction officer who was attempting to confine him to the isolation room. According to the…