McCloud v. Amell

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Clinton County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

While petitioner’s cell was being packed up for transfer, correction officers discovered a scrabble board that bore a different inmate’s identification number and had styrofoam backing attached to it. As a result, petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with engaging in an unauthorized exchange of property, possessing stolen property and possessing…