Lanham v. Coombe

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this *630Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner, while an inmate at Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County, was found in the possession of a container holding a liquid determined to be homemade wine. As the result of this incident, petitioner was charged with, and ultimately found guilty of, violating a prison disciplinary rule prohibiting possession of an alcoholic beverage. Petitioner…