Williams v. Ricks

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

While petitioner was being removed from his cell for urinalysis testing, he was found to be in possession of a small bottle containing what the correction officers believed to be urine. Petitioner was then directed to provide a urine specimen and, after a lengthy delay, turned his back away from the supervising officer and…