Hastings v. Coughlin

—Mikoll, J.

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

A search of a package being mailed by petitioner, an inmate at Elmira Correctional Facility in Chemung County, revealed that petitioner had improperly used old towels for padding and petitioner was disciplined accordingly. Three months later, a stolen trinket was recalled to have been in the package and, petitioner…