Taylor v. Caldwell

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.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found to be in possession of a weapons manual concealed in a manila folder containing legal papers. He was found guilty of possession of contraband following a tier III disciplinary hearing. He then commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging the determination.

We confirm. The misbehavior…