Grate v. Annucci

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

In this proceeding, petitioner challenges a determination finding him guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules prohibiting engaging in violent conduct, creating a disturbance, fighting and refusing a direct order. The charges arose from petitioner’s alleged participation in a large fight that occurred between rival gang members in a recreation…