MATTER OF BUFORD v. GOORD


258 A.D.2d 761 (1999)

686 N.Y.S.2d 121

In the Matter of RAHEIM BUFORD, Appellant, v. GLENN S. GOORD, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

Decided February 11, 1999.


Peters, J.

Petitioner, an inmate at Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Sullivan County, filed a grievance seeking access to materials published by the Five Percenters, an unauthorized organization that engages in gang-related activity both inside and outside of the facility. Following the denial of the grievance and an unsuccessful administrative appeal, petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding contending that the blanket prohibition against inmate possession...

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