Correa 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 a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule prohibiting inmates from physically interfering with a correctional facility employee. The misbehavior report was written by a correction counselor who testified that she was conversing with inmates regarding the facility’s program for veterans when petitioner came up behind her and placed his…