Diaz v. Coombe

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Washington County) to review a de*639termination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner was an inmate at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County when he was found guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule prohibiting extortion. Respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services subsequently affirmed the decision. Petitioner then commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding. Some 10…