Robles v. Selsky

Spain, J. 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.

In February 1995, petitioner was an inmate at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County. He was entertaining a visitor in the facility’s crowded visiting room, when a correction officer observed that petitioner had received something from his visitor which he was holding in his left hand. Petitioner refused two direct orders' from…