Opinion
2013-04-18
In the Matter of Walter BYAS, Petitioner, v. Brian FISCHER, as Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision, Respondent.
Walter Byas, Attica, petitioner pro se. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondent.
Walter Byas, Attica, petitioner pro se. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondent.
Before: PETERS, P.J., MERCURE, STEIN and SPAIN, JJ.
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 which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.
We confirm the challenged determination finding petitioner guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules prohibiting violent conduct, creating a disturbance, fighting and refusing a direct order. The misbehavior report and testimony of the correction officer who prepared it provide substantial evidence to support the determination; petitioner's contention that he was merely roughhousing and the minor inconsistencies between the misbehavior report and the officer's testimony presented credibility issues for the Hearing Officer to resolve ( see Matter of Harris v. Smith, 95 A.D.3d 1527, 1527, 943 N.Y.S.2d 918 [2012];Matter of Nelson v. Fischer, 93 A.D.3d 1059, 1059, 940 N.Y.S.2d 497 [2012] ). Petitioner's further claims of procedural error have been considered and rejected.
ADJUDGED that the determination is confirmed, without costs, and petition dismissed.