Scott v. Fischer

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Cahill, J.), entered May 12, 2010 in Ulster County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, dismissed the petition.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, filed a grievance contending that the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is improperly deducting restitution payments from funds he *1111receives from outside sources, as his 1999 restitution order directs that restitution payments be deducted “from prison wages.” The grievance was ultimately denied by the Central Office Review Committee (hereinafter CORC), and petitioner commenced…