Edwards v. Venettozzi

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 Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner was charged in two misbehavior reports with assaulting staff, engaging in violent conduct, refusing direct orders, creating a disturbance, interfering with staff and violating facility frisk procedures after, among other things, he punched one correction officer in the face and, a short time *1225later, attempted to kick…