Cooper v. Selsky

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 the Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

*903Petitioner challenges a disciplinary determination finding him guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule prohibiting the destruction of state property after three holes were discovered in the security screen of his cell. Significantly, upon moving into the cell 2V2 weeks earlier, petitioner had signed a cell inspection form…