MATTER OF VIDAL v. GOORD


48 A.D.3d 860 (2008)

850 N.Y.S.2d 719

In the Matter of JOSEPH VIDAL, Appellant, v. GLENN S. GOORD, as Commissioner of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.

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

Decided February 14, 2008.


Petitioner, an inmate, commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding to challenge the denial of his grievance requesting that he be allowed to send to his family 668 postage stamps that were permanently confiscated from him. Supreme Court dismissed the petition, and petitioner now appeals.

We affirm. Although the Department of Correctional Services Directive No. 4910 § VI (D) sets forth options for the disposal of contraband, including allowing inmates to mail certain...

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