Hurley v. Coombe

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Hemmett, Jr., J.), entered August 5,1996 in Washington County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services finding petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

While an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility in Clinton County, petitioner was found guilty of violating prison disciplinary rules prohibiting inmates from engaging in extortion and making threats. He challenges this determination on the ground that…