Colantonio v. Coughlin

Mikoll, J. P.

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

Petitioner was found guilty of violating inmate rule 123.10 (self-mutilation) after a tier III disciplinary hearing. A penalty of 30 days’ keeplock with loss of special privileges was imposed. In this proceeding, petitioner alleges that he was not accorded a hearing in a timely fashion, that he received inadequate inmate assistance and that the…