Maya v. Coughlin

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, a prison inmate, was found guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule prohibiting unhygienic acts as a result of an incident in which he threw feces at another inmate. Contrary to petitioner’s contention, we find that the hearing was completed within the requisite time period. We further find that…