Warren v. Goord

At the conclusion of a tier III disciplinary hearing, petitioner was found guilty of possessing a weapon and smuggling. Following an unsuccessful administrative appeal, petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging the determination.

The record establishes that petitioner allegedly caused a metal detector to sound prior to a visit. After a strip frisk revealed nothing, authorization was obtained for an X ray, which showed that petitioner had a foreign object in his abdomen. According to the escorting correction officer, petitioner admitted that the object was a razor. As a…