Cortorreal v. Goord

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

Petitioner was charged in an inmate misbehavior report with violating the prison disciplinary rule prohibiting forging documents and the prison disciplinary rule mandating compliance with facility correspondence procedures. After a hearing, petitioner was found guilty of both charges and a penalty was imposed. The…