Cliff v. Eagen

—Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Feldstein, J.), entered December 16, 1998 in Clinton County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondents denying petitioner’s grievance.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging the denial of a grievance he filed claiming that a correction officer abused his authority in authoring a misbehavior report charging petitioner with providing unauthorized legal assistance in violation of prison rule 180.17. The grievance was denied…