Colon v. Coombe

—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 respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner was an inmate at Southport Correctional Facility in Chemung County when he was found guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule prohibiting the possession and exchange of any controlled substance, in this instance, marihuana. Petitioner challenges this determination, contending that it was not based on…