Ali v. Senkowski

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

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of refusing to obey a direct order and failing to trim facial hair. Petitioner pleaded guilty to failing to trim his facial hair but contended that trimming his facial hair violated his right to religious freedom. Petitioner noted at the tier II hearing that he had applied for a waiver to be excused from…