Figueroa v. Lacy

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Franklin 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, commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding to challenge a determination finding him guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules which prohibit inmates from engaging in violent conduct, assaulting a staff member, making threats and disobeying a direct order. The charges stemmed from…