Legal Opinion
Melette v. Berry
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 26, 1992PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMikoll, J.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Sullivan County) to review a determination of the Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.
On August 15, 1990 Sergeant J. Donaghy, a correction officer at Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Sullivan County, filed an inmate misbehavior report charging petitioner with use of a controlled substance. The report was based on two urine tests which indicated the presence of cannabinoids. These tests were ordered pursuant to…
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