Ratliff 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.

Petitioner was observed throwing punches at an unidentified correctional employee during a melee involving numerous inmates and staff in the main yard at the correctional facility where he was incarcerated. He also ignored several direct orders to stop this activity and did not do so until two warning shots were fired. As a result, he was charged in a…