Vigliotti v. Carpenter

*859Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Berke, J.), entered March 25, 2004 in Washington County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent finding petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

At the conclusion of a tier II disciplinary hearing, petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules that prohibit possessing an authorized item in an unauthorized area and failure to have his hair properly pulled back in a ponytail. Following an unsuccessful administrative…