Koehl v. Artus

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 which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, reported to the facility’s medical records door to pick up copies of medical and dental records that he had previously requested. He was asked by the medical clerk to go to the waiting room until she was ready for him, at which time she would call him. Petitioner ultimately returned to his housing location without permission. As a…