Chavis v. Lacy

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

Petitioner, an inmate law clerk at Bare Hill Correctional Fa*660cility in Franklin County, was approved to assist Paul Peterson, a fellow inmate, with his legal work. Petitioner assisted Peterson in preparing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus for Peterson’s stepson, Direk Danzler, who was an inmate at Mid-state…