Matos 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 respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of a temporary release violation based upon a misbehavior report and petitioner’s plea of guilty. Initially, we note that petitioner’s guilty plea to the charged violation precludes him from challenging respondent’s determination on substantial evidence grounds (see, Matter of Talbot v Goord, 257 AD2d 954).

We also…