Pettus v. Selsky

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Clemente, J.), entered June 23, 2005 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the Commissioner of Correctional Services finding petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

After an investigation into alleged threatening letters received by several correctional facility employees, petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with violating the prison disciplinary rules that prohibit failure to comply with correspondence procedures, harassment…