Gomez v. Coughlin

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

While an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility in Clinton County, petitioner was found guilty of violating prison disciplinary rules prohibiting inmates from rioting, engaging in violent and threatening conduct and unauthorized organizational activity. On administrative appeal, the charge relating to rioting was…