Montgomery v. Goord

*871Petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules prohibiting violent conduct, assault on an inmate and possession of a weapon.* The misbehavior report relates that petitioner was observed making slashing motions in the direction of another inmate who appeared to be trying to elude him. When petitioner ignored orders to desist, he was forcibly subdued and manacled. A homemade weapon, in the form of a five-inch-long piece of sharpened metal, was found on the floor near petitioner. Both inmates were examined at the facility’s infirmary where petitioner’s victim was found to…