Cliff v. Tedford

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

Petitioner, an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility in Clinton County, was charged with violating prison rule 180.17 (7 NYCRR 270.2 [B] [26] [vii]) after a search of his cell produced legal papers pertaining to eight other inmates. This rule provides: “No inmate may provide legal assistance to another inmate without…