MATTER OF COWART v. SELSKY


260 A.D.2d 883 (1999)

689 N.Y.S.2d 535

In the Matter of FLOYD COWART, Appellant, v. DONALD SELSKY, as Special Housing Unit Director, Respondent.

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

Decided April 22, 1999.


Following a hearing, petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule prohibiting inmates from possessing contraband.* This charge stemmed from petitioner's alleged possession of a broken commissary mirror, which was not allowed in the special housing unit. After instituting an unsuccessful administrative appeal, petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding...

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