Matter of Byas v Fischer

Matter of Byas v Fischer 2013 NY Slip Op 02622 Decided on April 18, 2013 Appellate Division, Third Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided and Entered: April 18, 2013
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[*1]In the Matter of WALTER BYAS, Petitioner,

v

BRIAN FISCHER, as Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision, Respondent.

Calendar Date: February 25, 2013
Before: Peters, P.J., Mercure, Stein and Spain, JJ.


Walter Byas, Attica, petitioner pro se.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany
(Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondent.


MEMORANDUM AND JUDGMENT

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 AD3d 1527, 1527 [2012]; Matter of Nelson v Fischer, 93 AD3d 1059, 1059 [2012]). Petitioner's further claims of procedural error have been considered and rejected.

Peters, P.J., Mercure, Stein and Spain, JJ., concur.

ADJUDGED that the determination is confirmed, without costs, and petition dismissed.