Chambers v. Coughlin

Mercare, J. P.

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

In December 1993, petitioner, an inmate at Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Ulster County, was the subject of a misbehavior report alleging that he had refused to provide correction officers with a urine sample, in violation of inmate rule 180.14 (7 NYCRR 270.2 [B] [26] [v]). At the…