Crandall v. Coughlin

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

On October 14, 1993, the inmate record coordinator at Coxsackie Correctional Facility in Greene County was shown an outgoing letter from petitioner with the words "Legal Mail” written on it which was addressed to "Beverly Grayson, Esq.” Upon confirming that the addressee was not listed in the New York State Lawyer’s Manual,…