Tafari v. Fischer

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Feldstein, J.), entered March 25, 2009 in Clinton County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review two determinations of the Central Office Review Committee denying his grievances.

Petitioner, while an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility in Clinton County, filed two grievances alleging the facility’s failure to accommodate the practice of his religious faith. The grievances were denied at the facility level, and those denials were upheld on administrative appeal. Petitioner thereafter…