Matter of Lane v. Annucci

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

Petitioner approached the desk of a correction officer, demanded that the officer turn on the showers and then struck the officer in the face with a closed fist. Petitioner was thereafter charged in a misbehavior report with assaulting staff, refusing a direct order, violent conduct and creating a disturbance. Following a tier III…