Felder v. Fischer

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lawliss, J.), entered October 16, 2013 in Clinton County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent finding petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner was charged in four misbehavior reports with violating numerous prison disciplinary rules as a result of him conspiring to assault a prison employee and becoming violent when several correction officers attempted to restrain him. Following a disciplinary hearing on all four reports,…