Lynch v. Griffin

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* finding petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

After petitioner was found in the facility barber shop instead of his assigned program in the electric shop, he was charged in a misbehavior report with being out of place. Following a tier II disciplinary hearing, he was found guilty of that charge and a penalty was imposed. The determination was upheld on administrative review, and this CPLR article 78 proceeding…