Latham v. Taylor

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

Petitioner failed to write his name on the sign out sheet when reporting to his prison job even though he had been instructed on several prior occasions that this was necessary. As a result, he was charged in a misbehavior report with violating facility movement regulations and refusing a direct order. He was found guilty of the charges following a…