Adelman v. Coombe

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 respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules that prohibit disobeying a direct order and refusing to submit a urine specimen within three hours. Petitioner contends that his due process rights were violated in the course of the ensuing disciplinary hearing. The record, however, belies this…