Dexter v. McGinnis

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Chemung County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with the unauthorized exchange of property after a correction officer discovered that a $25 money order had been sent to petitioner by another inmate’s relative in payment for items such as soap and other things. He was found guilty of the charge following a tier II disciplinary hearing and the determination was…