McGrue v. Selsky

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 Director of Special Housing Unit, Department of Correctional Services, which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty, after a hearing, of assaulting another inmate. He challenges this determination arguing, inter alia, that it is not supported by substantial evidence, that he was denied the right to call certain witnesses, and that the Hearing Officer was…