IN THE MATTER OF CAYENNE v. GOORD


16 A.D.3d 782 (2005)

790 N.Y.S.2d 762

In the Matter of SAMUEL CAYENNE, 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.

March 10, 2005.


Peters, J.

Petitioner challenges three tier III disciplinary determinations arising from separate incidents while he was an inmate at the Eastern Correctional Facility in Ulster County. In the first incident, a search of petitioner's cell, outside of his presence, revealed a substance testing positive for crack cocaine. Petitioner was found guilty of drug possession and a penalty of 120 days confinement in the special housing unit (hereinafter SHU) was imposed along...

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