MATTER OF CLIFF v. DE CELLE


260 A.D.2d 812 (1999)

687 N.Y.S.2d 834

In the Matter of JAMES E. CLIFF, Petitioner, v. GARY DE CELLE, as Tier Hearing officer at Clinton Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents.

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

Decided April 15, 1999.


Spain, J.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule which prohibits fighting. Petitioner challenges the determination of his guilt on the ground that it was not supported by substantial evidence. We disagree.

The evidence presented against petitioner at his tier II hearing included the misbehavior report and testimony from a correction officer to the effect that, after a commotion was heard, petitioner was observed...

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