Brown 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 certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging a determination finding him guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules which prohibit harassment and making threats. The misbehavior report relates that in response to a correction officer informing petitioner that his cell shield was coming down, petitioner threw a cup filled with…