Betances v. Leclaire

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

After it was discovered that petitioner was not in possession of his razor, he was charged in a misbehavior report with loss of state property. A tier II disciplinary hearing ensued, at the conclusion of which petitioner was found guilty as charged. The penalty imposed was 30 days of keeplock, which was deferred for 90…