Tafari v. Mcginnis

—Mugglin, J.

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 certain prison disciplinary rules.

Following a search of his cell at the Southport Correctional Facility Special Housing Unit, petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with three violations of prison disciplinary rules — possession of contraband, alteration of state property without authorization, and providing legal assistance without authorization. At his nine-minute…