Howard v. Goord

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

During an investigation into the death of an inmate, investigators obtained several signed statements from inmates who observed petitioner and the deceased in a fight. One of the investigators authored a misbehavior report against petitioner, charging him with assault, fighting and failing to promptly report an injury to himself. Following a tier III…