Rush v. Bellamy

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Platkin, J.), entered January 21, 2009 in Ulster County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the Central Office Review Committee denying his grievance.

While incarcerated at Eastern Correctional Facility in Ulster County, petitioner filed a grievance alleging that he was improperly denied a permit to possess an electronic keyboard at this facility. The grievance was ultimately denied by the Central Office Review Committee, after which petitioner commenced this CPLR…