Matter of Fields v. Annucci

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 finding petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Based upon an investigation that included the use of a confidential informant, petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with fighting, violent conduct, assaulting an inmate, possessing a weapon and failing to report an injury. At the conclusion of the tier III disciplinary hearing, the Hearing Officer sustained all charges, with the exception of…