Rivera 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 was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules prohibiting extortion, exchange of controlled substances and solicitation. The charges stemmed from an inmate complaint filed against petitioner, accusing him of extorting food packages and money that had been sent to the facility by the inmate’s family, which petitioner then used to…