Christian v. Poole

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in St. Lawrence County) to review a determination of the Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Following a tier III hearing,* petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules prohibiting inmates from engaging in unauthorized organizational activities and giving speeches or addresses other than those approved by a Superintendent of a facility. Upon administrative appeal, the charge of engaging in…