Ortiz v. Goord

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court 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 was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule that prohibits inmates from using controlled substances after EMIT tests performed on petitioner’s urine sample yielded positive results for the presence of opiates. Contrary to petitioner’s contention, the information and evidence adduced at the hearing were sufficient to establish the chain…