Reynoso v. Coombe

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

Petitioner was an inmate at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County when he was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule that prohibits the possession of contraband. At petitioner’s disciplinary hearing, he admitted to possessing an 11-inch length of broom handle, sharpened at both ends, as…