Le Tam 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 which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner challenges a determination finding him guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules prohibiting inmates from starting fires and destroying State property. In our view, the misbehavior report was sufficiently detailed to apprise petitioner of the alleged misconduct and to enable him to mount a defense. The report, combined with the testimony…