Kron v. Coombe

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

As the result of an incident in which petitioner threw an unknown liquid substance on another inmate, petitioner was charged with, and ultimately found guilty of, committing an unhygienic act in violation of a prison disciplinary rule. Petitioner challenges this determination on the grounds that the hearing was untimely,…