Gittens v. Fischer

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 posted a cartoon on the wall of his prison cell that depicted a person making hand gestures believed to be gang-related. As a result, petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with possessing gang-related material. Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, he was found guilty of the charge and the determination was affirmed on administrative…