Young v. Selsky

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 the Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule prohibiting inmates from using controlled substances after a sample of his urine twice tested positive for the presence of cannabinoids. Petitioner challenges the determination claiming that a number of procedural errors require its annulment.*

Initially, we…