Petitioner challenges a determination finding him guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule that prohibits possession of a weapon after a seven-inch shank was found hidden in petitioner's mattress. The detailed misbehavior report relating that the weapon was found in petitioner's mattress during a scheduled cell search provides substantial evidence to support the determination of guilt (see Matter of Rocha v Goord,
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