Bonner v. Director of Special Housing & Inmate Disciplinary Programs

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

During a strip frisk, petitioner surrendered two rubber glove tips containing substances that tested positive for marihuana and heroin. He was charged in a misbehavior report with smuggling and drug possession. Petitioner was found guilty of the charges at the conclusion of a tier III disciplinary hearing and the determination…