Garcia v. Fayette

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 the Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Based in part upon confidential information, petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rules that prohibit extortion and threatening violence against an inmate.* Petitioner contends that the Hearing Officer’s refusal to permit him to review the confidential information denied him the right to call…