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Kitchens v. Fischer

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Sep 24, 2009
65 A.D.3d 1431 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)

Opinion

No. 506111.

September 24, 2009.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Anthony Kitchens, Rome, petitioner pro se.

Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, Albany, (Marcus J. Mastracco of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Peters, J.P., Kane, Malone Jr., McCarthy and Garry, JJ., concur.


Petitioner was charged in a misbehavior report with using controlled substances and violating temporary release program rules after a sample of his urine twice tested positive for the presence of opiates. He was found guilty of the charges following a tier III disciplinary hearing and the determination was upheld on administrative appeal. This CPLR article 78 proceeding ensued.

We confirm. The misbehavior report, together with the positive urinalysis test results and hearing testimony, constitute substantial evidence supporting the determination of guilt ( see Matter of Webb v Leclaire, 52 AD3d 1131, 1132; Matter of Wolfgang v Goord, 43 AD3d 1262, 1263). Contrary to petitioner's claim, the validity of the test results was not undermined by the time discrepancy on the chain of custody portion of the request for urinalysis test form inasmuch as this clerical error was adequately explained by the correction officer who handled the sample ( see Matter of Harrison v Fischer, 56 AD3d 917, 917; Matter of Smart v Goord, 266 AD2d 606, 607). Petitioner's claims regarding his request for documentation under the Freedom of Information Law are not properly before us given his failure to raise them in his petition.

Adjudged that the determination is confirmed, without costs, and petition dismissed.


Summaries of

Kitchens v. Fischer

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Sep 24, 2009
65 A.D.3d 1431 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
Case details for

Kitchens v. Fischer

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of ANTHONY KITCHENS, Petitioner, v. BRIAN FISCHER, as…

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

Date published: Sep 24, 2009

Citations

65 A.D.3d 1431 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 6618
885 N.Y.S.2d 436

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