Matter of Davis v. Venettozzi

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Melkonian, J.), entered July 5, 2016 in Albany County, which partially dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review three determinations finding petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

As the result of a cell search, petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with numerous disciplinary rule violations and he was found guilty of these charges following a tier III disciplinary hearing. He was charged in a second misbehavior report with additional disciplinary rule violations…