McKenzie 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 certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was charged with violating various prison disciplinary rules when a balloon containing heroin was found in his boot during a strip frisk. Following a disciplinary hearing, petitioner was found guilty of possessing a controlled substance and smuggling.* He commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging the determination,…