Medina v. Prack
| Citation | 144 A.D.3d 1273,2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 07357,40 N.Y.S.3d 291 (Mem) |
| Parties | In the Matter of Ruben MEDINA, Petitioner, v. Albert PRACK, as Director of Special Housing and Inmate Disciplinary Programs, et al., Respondents. |
| Decision Date | 10 November 2016 |
| Court | New York Supreme Court Appellate Division |
144 A.D.3d 1273
40 N.Y.S.3d 291 (Mem)
2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 07357
In the Matter of Ruben MEDINA, Petitioner,
v.
Albert PRACK, as Director of Special Housing and Inmate Disciplinary Programs, et al., Respondents.
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.
Nov. 10, 2016.
Ruben Medina, Stormville, petitioner pro se.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Kathleen M. Treasure of counsel), for respondents.
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 Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision finding petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.
During the course of an investigation, a correction sergeant received confidential information indicating that petitioner had been enlisted by high level gang members to stab another inmate. When confronted by the sergeant, petitioner admitted that he was planning to carry out this act and he was then taken to the special housing unit. A correction officer proceeded to pack up petitioner's cell and recovered a
sharpened piece of metal from the laundry bin inside the cell. Thereafter, petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with conspiring to assault an inmate, making threats, engaging in violent conduct, engaging in gang-related activity and possessing a weapon. He was found guilty of the charges following a tier III disciplinary hearing. The determination was later affirmed on administrative appeal and this CPLR article 78 proceeding ensued.
We confirm. The detailed misbehavior report and related documentation, together with the testimony of the investigating sergeant who obtained petitioner's admission and the testimony of the correction officer who searched petitioner's cell, provide substantial evidence supporting the determination of guilt (see Matter of McFadden v. Prack, 120 A.D.3d 853, 854, 990 N.Y.S.2d 376 [2014], lv. dismissed 24 N.Y.3d 930, 993 N.Y.S.2d 542, 17 N.E.3d 1138 [2014], lv. denied 24 N.Y.3d...
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