Lopez v. Mcginnis

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

Petitioner challenges a tier II disciplinary determination finding him guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule prohibiting the damage, misuse or destruction of state property after a stain was discovered on petitioner’s mattress during a random cell search. Inasmuch as the misbehavior report and the testimony of the correction officer who issued…