Gebremariam v. Goord

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Greene County) to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of assaulting another inmate, possessing a weapon and engaging in violent conduct. Contrary to petitioner’s contention, the misbehavior report, the testimony of the correction officer who authored the report and petitioner’s witness who stated that he warned petitioner, as…