Powell v. Coughlin

—Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Viseardi, J.), entered August 3, 1994 in Essex County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services finding petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule prohibiting inmates from possessing controlled substances. He claims that this determination should be annulled and the disciplinary hearing expunged from his record because the…