Matter of Wilson v. Fischer

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Ceresia Jr., J.), entered October 23, 2013 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent finding petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

During the course of an investigation, correction officials discovered that petitioner had utilized the prison telephone system in a conspiracy to smuggle marihuana into the correctional facility. The conspiracy involved having a correction officer obtain the marihuana from petitioner’s wife…