Brugman v. Coughlin

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 which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner was found guilty after a Superintendent’s hearing of violating State-wide rules prohibiting fighting, assault, violent conduct and possession of a weapon. The misbehavior report, authored by a correction officer, stated that confidential sources identified petitioner as having attacked and beaten another inmate with a mop handle. The report was…