Afrika v. Blackman

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 the Superintendent of Elmira Correctional Facility finding petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

When petitioner returned to the gallery where his cell was located, he was observed carrying two televisions wrapped in towels in a net bag. The televisions had other inmates’ identification numbers on them, and petitioner did not have a permit to possess them. He was charged in a misbehavior report with unauthorized exchange…