MATTER OF PATTERSON v. GOORD


266 A.D.2d 611 (1999)

697 N.Y.S.2d 764

In the Matter of KENNETH PATTERSON, Petitioner, v. GLENN GOORD, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.

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

Decided November 4, 1999.


Yesawich Jr., J.

Petitioner was found guilty of possessing contraband in violation of a prison disciplinary rule after a correction officer conducting a routine cell check observed him remove six pills of a controlled substance from his rectal area and conceal them inside tissue paper. Thereafter, petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging the determination and the matter was transferred to this Court.

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