MATTER OF WILLIAMS v. Fischer

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The judgment of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner Daniel Williams, an inmate at the Elmira Correctional Facility, was served with a misbehavior report charging him with violating prison rules prohibiting assault and violent conduct. These charges arose from an attack on an inmate who suffered numerous cutting wounds while he was in the “laundry corridor,” which he passed through on his way back to his cell block from the package room. The attack occurred at 10:30 a.m. Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, the hearing…