Rivera v. Coombe

—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 respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner, an inmate at Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Sullivan County, was found guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule prohibiting inmates from using controlled substances after his urine tested positive for opium. In support of his challenge to this administrative determination, he argues that he was arbitrarily selected for urinalysis testing…