Odom v. Goord

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

Petitioner is a prison inmate. In January 1999, a correction officer filed a misbehavior report charging petitioner with violating the prison disciplinary rule that prohibits inmates from providing unauthorized legal assistance to other inmates. The charge was based upon the officer’s comparison of the handwriting…