MATTER OF VELEZ v. PRACK

518433

122 A.D.3d 1041 (2014)

994 N.Y.S.2d 740

2014 NY Slip Op 07720

In the Matter of WILLIAM VELEZ, Petitioner, v. ALBERT PRACK, as Director of Special Housing and Inmate Disciplinary Programs, Respondent.

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

Decided November 13, 2014.


During a search of a single-occupant cube assigned to petitioner, a correction officer found an eyeglass arm with an attached nail secreted within a radiator. Petitioner was then charged in a misbehavior report with possessing a weapon and possessing an altered item. Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, he was found guilty as charged. The determination was affirmed upon administrative appeal, prompting this CPLR article 78 proceeding.

We confirm. Although petitioner...

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