Boyd v. Coughlin

—Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Ellison, J.), entered December 19, 1994 in Chemung County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of violating prison disciplinary rules prohibiting the possession of contraband and excess or altered clothing. He claims that his right to call witnesses at the hearing was violated because the Hearing…