Almonte 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 Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule that prohibits inmates from soliciting others to smuggle contraband into a correctional facility. As related in the misbehavior report, confidential information was presented to correction officers indicating that petitioner had been communicating with…