Williams v. Goord

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

Following a tier III hearing petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of refusing a direct order, interfering with an employee and committing an unhygienic act. Contrary to petitioner’s contention, the misbehavior report and testimony offered at the hearing, including petitioner’s own testimony, provides substantial evidence to support the…