Matter of McLean v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

Appeal (transferred to this Court from the Court of Appeals) from a judgment of the Supreme Court (McCarthy, J.), entered June 25, 2014 in Albany County, which, among other things, partially converted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, into an action for a declaratory judgment and declared prison disciplinary rule 103.20 to be constitutional.

During a search of petitioner’s cell, correction officials found paperwork containing website information that petitioner had prepared in connection with a legal defense fund set up by his family. According to…