Scarborough v. Coughlin

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

On September 15, 1986, Correction Officer George Williams filed an inmate misbehavior report charging petitioner with violating the following prison rules: rule 100.20, which prohibits inmates from engaging in conduct which disturbs the order of any part of the facility, and rule 109.10, which states that inmates shall not be out of place in any area of the…