Abdul-Matiyn v. Commissioner of State of New York Department of Correctional Services

—Peters, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Kane, J.), entered December 16, 1996 in Sullivan County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services confiscating petitioner’s money order.

During a routine inspection of all inmate mail, a prison official at Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Sullivan County discovered an envelope containing a $50 money order payable to petitioner. Although the money order indicated the name of the entity who purchased it, no return…