Allen v. Fischer

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Superintendent of Wende Correctional Facility which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

*1249While a group of inmates were returning from the recreation yard to their cells, a correction officer observed petitioner engaged in a physical altercation with another inmate. The officer gave them several direct orders to stop fighting, which were ignored. Eventually, however, they stopped. Thereafter, petitioner was…