Goncalves 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 Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner challenges a determination finding him guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules that prohibit violent conduct, fighting and disobeying a direct order. Initially, inasmuch as petitioner pleaded guilty to the charge of fighting and disobeying a direct order, he is precluded from challenging…