Garland v. Coughlin

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

Petitioner, an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility in Clinton County, arranged for a transfer of $100 from his privately held money market account to another inmate in violation of the exchange of funds provision in Directive No. 4422 (7 NYCRR 720.6 [g]). Petitioner has challenged the disciplinary determination which…