Matos v. Goord

—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 respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules prohibiting the unauthorized possession of a controlled substance, refusing to obey a direct order and refusing to comply with search and frisk procedures. According to the first of the two misbehavior reports filed against him, petitioner was…