Matter of Hyatt v. Annucci

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Clinton County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, refused a correction officer’s directive to return to his cell and stood with his foot against the cell door, thereby preventing it from closing. As a result, he was charged in a misbehavior report with refusing a direct order, harassment, interference with an employee, refusal of a search or frisk, and a movement regulation…