Legal Opinion
Umoja v. Bezio
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 23, 2009PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 the Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.
After a search of his cell revealed a letter from another inmate highlighting the importance of a chain of command and the use of caution when recruiting other prisoners into a particular gang, petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with violating the prison disciplinary rule that prohibits possession of gang-related…
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