Scott v. Department of Correctional Services

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

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was charged in a misbehavior report with solicitation after it was discovered that he had attempted, without approval, to purchase savings bonds through the mail from a bank. Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, petitioner was found guilty as charged. That determination was affirmed with a modified…