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Griffin v. Goord

266 A.D.2d 830 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1999-11-12 English

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In the Matter of Anthony Griffin, Petitioner, v Glenn S. Goord, as Commissioner of New York State Department of Correctional Services, Respondent.
[698 NYS2d 365]

—Determination unanimously confirmed without costs and petition dismissed. Memorandum: Petitioner was found guilty following a Tier III hearing of violating various inmate rules. The determination is supported by substantial evidence (see, People ex rel. Vega v Smith, 66 NY2d 130 , 139), and any discrepancy between the misbehavior report and the testimony of the correction officer who authored the misbehavior report raised a credibility issue for the Hearing Officer to resolve (see, e.g., Matter of Hooper v Goord, 248 AD2d 987 ). Petitioner further contends that the Hearing Officer did not act in a fair and impartial manner. That contention was not raised on administrative appeal, and thus petitioner failed to exhaust his administrative remedies with respect to it (see, Matter of Nelson v Coughlin, 188 AD2d 1071 , appeal dismissed 81 NY2d 834 ). (CPLR art 78 Proceeding Transferred by Order of Supreme Court, Wyoming County, Dadd, J.) Present — Denman, P. J., Hayes, Hurlbutt, Scudder and Balio, JJ.

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