Pine v. Fischer

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 the Superintendent of Greenhaven Correctional Facility and a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

During a search of petitioner’s cell, correction officials recovered an item that appeared to be two screws welded together attached to a hex head, as well as an unlabeled pill bottle containing 23 unidentified pills. As a result, he was charged in a misbehavior report with…