Figueroa v. Goord

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

Following a tier II disciplinary hearing, petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule that prohibits inmates from refusing to obey a direct order. According to the misbehavior report, the precipitating incident took place in the facility’s law library where petitioner was observed giving legal…