Meachem v. Fischer

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 respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Following an investigation into an ongoing boycott of the Inmate Liaison Program at Eastern Correctional Facility, petitioner, an inmate, was charged with violating prison disciplinary rules prohibiting threats of violence, organizing activity detrimental to the order of the facility and disorderly conduct. A tier III disciplinary hearing was conducted, and…