MATTER OF ACEVEDO v. SUPERINTENDENT OF ELMIRA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY


265 A.D.2d 763 (1999)

697 N.Y.S.2d 703

In the Matter of HECTOR ACEVEDO, Petitioner, v. SUPERINTENDENT OF ELMIRA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

Decided October 28, 1999.


Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of violating prison disciplinary rules prohibiting inmates from engaging in violent conduct, assaulting other inmates, fighting and disobeying a direct order. Contrary to petitioner's contention on appeal, the detailed misbehavior report and testimony of the correction officers who observed petitioner's participation in a melee in the prison yard provide substantial evidence to support the determination of guilt (see, Matter...

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