Dushane v. Fischer

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 which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner was directed to provide a urine sample for testing, but claimed he could not do so at that time. Soon after, he was observed retrieving the finger of a latex glove filled with liquid by rolling it from the gallery floor into his cell. When he was asked what he had retrieved, he said “nothing” and flushed the liquid-filled finger down the toilet.…