Lau v. Artus

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Clinton County) to review a determination of the Commissioner of Cor*1025rectional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was being escorted with 34 other inmates to the recreation yard when a fight broke out between two of the inmates. The inmates were given several direct orders to turn and face the wall, but instead participated in an organized effort to prevent staff from responding to the fight. After petitioner…