Rosales v. Pratt

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Hayden, J.), entered July 22, 2011 in Chemung County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision finding petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

During a search of petitioner’s cell, a correction officer confiscated a state-owned pillow that had been ripped open and then resewn. The officer opened the pillow and found three packages containing a brown leafy substance and one package containing a…