IN RE TAFARI

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was charged in a misbehavior report with refusing a direct order after he declined to accompany a correction officer sent to his cell to escort him on a medical trip. Petitioner was found guilty after a tier II disciplinary hearing and the determination was administratively affirmed. Petitioner then commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding.

The determination should be annulled. The misbehavior report, upon which the Hearing Officer based his finding of guilt, states that the correction officer asked petitioner twice if he was going to go on his medical trip and petitioner answered that he was not. Given that petitioner was not given a directive by the officer, substantial evidence does not support the finding that he disobeyed a direct order ( see Matter of Jackson v Brown, 49 AD3d 1092; Matter of Cliff v Vaughn, 275 AD2d 871, 871-872; compare Matter of Tafari v Rock, 82 AD3d 1441, lv denied ___ NY3d ___, 2011 NY Slip Op 74724).

We have examined the parties' remaining contentions and find them without merit.

Adjudged that the determination is annulled, without costs, petition granted and the Commissioner of Correctional Services is directed to expunge all references to this matter from petitioner's institutional record.