Larocco v. Coughlin

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

Petitioner, an inmate at Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Ulster County, was subjected to routine urinalysis testing following his participation in the family reunion program (see, 7 NYCRR 1020.4 [a] [2] [ii]). Based upon the results of this testing, petitioner was charged with violating the disciplinary rule which…