MATTER OF KNIGHT v. GOORD


267 A.D.2d 523 (1999)

698 N.Y.S.2d 922

In the Matter of STACEY KNIGHT, Petitioner, v. GLENN S. GOORD, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, Respondent.

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

Decided December 2, 1999.


Cardona, P. J.

Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, petitioner was found guilty of violating prison rules which prohibit inmates from participating in unauthorized organizational activity, making threats and engaging in demonstrations and violent conduct. Confidential sources identified petitioner as a prison gang leader, accusing him of directing other inmates to refuse orders and assault staff. Upon petitioner's administrative appeal, the penalty was modified...

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