Butler v. Fischer

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

As the result of an investigation, confidential information was received indicating that petitioner had made some homemade alcohol and requested another inmate to hide it in his locker. *1652After a correction officer recovered the alcohol from the locker and destroyed it, petitioner was charged with violating a prison disciplinary rule prohibiting inmates from…