Filed Date: 6/15/2000
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 11/1/2024
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 Superintendent of Fishkill Correctional Facility which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.
Following a tier II disciplinary hearing, petitioner was found guilty of interference with an employee and harassment. The misbehavior report alleged that petitioner sent a personal message to a facility nurse. Contrary to petitioner’s contentions, the misbehavior report, authored by the nurse who witnessed the incident, and petitioner’s own admissions regarding his actions provide substantial evidence of petitioner’s guilt (see, Matter of McMillian v Selsky, 268 AD2d 936). To the extent that petitioner pleaded guilty to the charge of interference with an employee, he is precluded from asserting that the de
Mercure, J. P., Crew III, Peters, Spain and Rose, JJ., concur. Adjudged that the determination is confirmed, without costs, and petition dismissed.