Matter of Omaro 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 a prison disciplinary rule.

During a search of petitioner’s cell, a correction officer discovered, among other things, documents that were alleged to be improperly taken from the law library and materials bearing the name of a purported inmate organization. As a result, petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with possessing unauthorized…