Ennis v. Coughlin

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Ulster County) to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner was an inmate at Downstate Correctional Facility in Dutchess County when, on October 2, 1986, he was involved in an altercation with correction officers. As a result, he was administratively charged with assault. After a hearing, he was found guilty and was given a punishment of 20 days in a special housing unit and…