Harvey v. Woods

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

During a facility mail watch, a correction officer confiscated three letters written by petitioner that contained prohibited organization-related references. As a result, petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with possessing unauthorized organizational materials and violating facility correspondence rules. He was…