Hakeem v. McSweeney

—Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Berke, J.), entered December 14, 1993 in Washington County, which, inter alia, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, dismissed the petition for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.

As the result of a disciplinary determination, a penalty was imposed against petitioner, a prison inmate, which included the loss of his right to receive packages. Petitioner commenced this proceeding claiming, inter alia, that packages containing legal supplies should not be denied inmates even where a loss of packages order is in effect. He contended that…