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Matter of Davis v. Goord

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jan 27, 2000
268 A.D.2d 932 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Decided and Entered: January 27, 2000

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 the respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

William L. Davis, Elmira, petitioner in person.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney-General (Peter G. Crary of counsel), Albany, for respondent.

Before: Crew III, J.P., Peters, Spain, Carpinello and Graffeo, JJ.


MEMORANDUM AND JUDGMENT

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule that prohibits inmates from using controlled substances after two tests performed on his urine sample yielded positive results for the presence of opiates. Contrary to petitioner's contention, the misbehavior report, the positive results of the urinalysis tests and the testimony of the correction officer who authored the misbehavior report and performed the urinalysis test on petitioner's sample constitute substantial evidence to support the charge of drug use (see,Matter of Lagano v. Goord, 263 A.D.2d 756, 694 N.Y.S.2d 198; Matter of Rivera v. Goord, 261 A.D.2d 754). We have examined petitioner's remaining arguments, including his claim that his due process rights were infringed due to the denial of his request for a copy of the SYVA ETS operation manual (see, Matter of Foust v. Goord, 262 A.D.2d 904, 694 N.Y.S.2d 489; Matter of Kussius v. Walker, 247 A.D.2d 911), and find them to be unpersuasive.

Crew III, J.P., Peters, Spain, Carpinello and Graffeo, JJ., concur.

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


Summaries of

Matter of Davis v. Goord

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jan 27, 2000
268 A.D.2d 932 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Matter of Davis v. Goord

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of WILLIAM L. DAVIS, Petitioner, v. GLENN S. GOORD, as…

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

Date published: Jan 27, 2000

Citations

268 A.D.2d 932 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
700 N.Y.S.2d 876

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