MATTER OF TOWNES v. GOORD


14 A.D.3d 754 (2005)

786 N.Y.S.2d 855

In the Matter of KEITH TOWNES, Petitioner, v. GLENN S. GOORD, as Commissioner of Correctional Services, Respondent.

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

January 6, 2005.


Petitioner, an inmate, was required to submit to a urinalysis test after correction officials suspected he was using drugs based on information provided by a confidential source. After the results of the test came back positive for the presence of opiates, petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with using a controlled substance. He was found guilty of this charge following a tier III disciplinary hearing and the determination was upheld on administrative appeal. This...

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