Samuels v. Coughlin

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Keniry, J.), entered July 19, 1990 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services finding petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

A May 2, 1989 misbehavior report charged petitioner, then an inmate at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County, with violations of State-wide rules 100.11 (assault on staff), 118.22 (unhygienic act) and 104.10 (rioting) as the result of an…