Ross 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.

Following a tier III disciplinary hearing petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of possessing contraband, being under the influence of alcohol, lying and being in violation of temporary release rules. These charges stemmed from an incident occurring on March 29, 1998 when, upon petitioner’s return from a temporary release program, two correction…