Rossi v. Portuondo

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Bradley, J.), entered June 9, 1999 in Ulster County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent placing petitioner in medical keeplock.

Petitioner, an inmate confined to Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Ulster County, was required to submit to a purified protein derivative test (hereinafter PPD test) as part of a mandatory screening program to identify inmates with latent forms of tuberculosis. Petitioner, a follower of the Rastafarian religion, objected to the…