In re Scott

Opinion

EPSTEIN, J.

Noel Phillipe Scott challenges a disciplinary loss of 30 days of conduct credits on the ground the record does not support the finding that his conduct constituted a serious rules violation under regulations adopted by the Department of Corrections (CDC). Petitioner, a state prison inmate, was properly disciplined for an act of disrespect to prison staff. Ordinarily, this would be an offense subject to “administrative” discipline. It was treated as a more serious offense under a rule applying to “a repeated pattern of administrative rule violations for the same offense.”…