McKethan v. Leclaire

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Connolly, J.), entered May 21, 2007 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the Central Office Review Committee denying his grievance.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, filed a grievance seeking to have his job pay rate restored from $0.35 per hour back to the $0.45 per hour that he had been making prior to having been found guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule and serving time in the special housing unit. Following the denial of his grievance,…