Neal 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 found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner, an inmate at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County, was observed encouraging two other inmates to assault a third inmate and refused orders to stop engaging in this behavior. After a Superintendent’s hearing, he was found guilty of engaging in violent conduct, inciting a demonstration,…