Griffin v. Prack

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 Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Upon his transfer to Attica Correctional Facility from Upstate Correctional Facility, a search of petitioner’s property revealed a metal rod with a cloth handle concealed in a box of rice. As a result, petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with possessing a weapon, possessing an altered item and…