McDonald v. Coughlin

—Yesawich Jr., J.

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

*771In January 1994, petitioner, an inmate at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County, was charged with extortion and threatening a fellow inmate. A tier III disciplinary hearing was held, at the conclusion of which the charges were sustained and a penalty imposed. Following an…