Opinion
Submitted June 23, 1999
October 12, 1999
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the respondent Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, dated January 2, 1998, which, after a hearing, found the petitioner guilty of violating a disciplinary rule.
Kenneth J. Talbot, a/k/a Jonathan Knight, Beacon, N.Y., petitioner pro se.
Eliot L. Spitzer, Attorney-General, New York, N.Y. (Thomas D. Hughes of counsel; Susan B. Eisner on the brief), for respondents.
CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., DAVID S. RITTER, DANIEL W. JOY, MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, and NANCY E. SMITH, JJ.
DECISION JUDGMENT
ADJUDGED that the determination is confirmed and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.
There is substantial evidence in the record to support the determination ( see, Bryant v. Coughlin, 77 N.Y.2d 642, 647; People ex rel. Vega v. Smith, 66 N.Y.2d 130, 139; Matter of Johnson v. Selsky, 246 A.D.2d 713).
O'BRIEN, J.P., RITTER, JOY, ALTMAN, and SMITH, JJ., concur.