Thomassini v. Goord

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 respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

After an inmate was assaulted and his arm severely cut, a confidential informant, who witnessed the attack, identified petitioner as one of the perpetrators. Petitioner was subsequently charged in a misbehavior report with assaulting another inmate. He was found guilty of the charge following a tier III disciplinary hearing and the determination was upheld on…