Hill v. Coombe

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Washington County) to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services which directed that petitioner be placed in administrative segregation.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was placed in administrative segregation for extorting, bribing and threatening other *707inmates. He challenges this determination, arguing, inter alia, that he was denied effective employee assistance and that the Hearing Officer failed to adequately assess the reliability of information…