Matter of Payne v Corcimiglia
2012 NY Slip Op 06238 [98 AD3d 1175]
September 20, 2012
Appellate Division, Third Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, October 24, 2012


In the Matter of Douglas G. Payne III, Petitioner, v Mark Corcimiglia et al., Respondents.

[*1] Douglas G. Payne III, Comstock, petitioner pro se.

Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Peter H. Schiff 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 the Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner refused to comply with a correction officer's order to submit to a pat frisk and yelled obscenities at the officer. He then attempted to strike the officer, but was restrained. As a result, he was charged in a misbehavior report with refusing a direct order, attempting to assault staff and engaging in violent conduct. He was found guilty of the charges at the conclusion of a tier III disciplinary hearing and the determination was affirmed on administrative appeal. This CPLR article 78 proceeding ensued.

We confirm. The detailed misbehavior report and related documentation, together with the testimony of the correction officer who authored the misbehavior report, provide substantial evidence supporting the determination of guilt (see Matter of Toste v Fischer, 95 AD3d 1511, 1512 [2012]; Matter of Jones v Fischer, 94 AD3d 1298, 1298 [2012]). Petitioner's testimony that he did not resist the pat frisk and that it was he who was assaulted by correction officers presented a credibility issue for the Hearing Officer to resolve (see Matter of Sealey v Bezio, 95 [*2]AD3d 1577, 1578 [2012]; Matter of Hemphill v Fischer, 94 AD3d 1309, 1309 [2012]). Petitioner's remaining contentions have not been preserved for our review.

Peters, P.J., Lahtinen, Kavanagh, Stein and Egan Jr., JJ., concur. Adjudged that the determination is confirmed, without costs, and petition dismissed.