Sullivan v. Goord

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Clinton County) to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services finding petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule which prohibits inmates from using controlled substances after his urine tested positive for the presence of cannibinoids. Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging the determination on the ground, inter alia, that the…