Reid v. Selsky

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

Petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with making threats and harassment after he sent to the Commissioner of Correctional Services a letter containing offensive and obscene references. Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, he was found guilty of both charges. That determination was affirmed on administrative…