Blades v. Twomey

Petitioner, an inmate at Coxsackie Correctional Facility in Greene County, arranged to receive a package containing a typewriter. Respondent Superintendent of Coxsackie Correctional Facility denied permission to receive the typewriter because it had a value in excess of $200 in violation of the limit imposed by 7 NYCRR 724.4 (g) (26) and (27) and Departmental Directive No. 4911. Petitioner’s administrative appeal was denied and this CPLR article 78 proceeding was commenced. In rejecting petitioner’s contention that Correction Law § 138 precluded the Superintendent’s determination, Supreme…