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IN RE: Jesus HERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Glenn S. GOORD, as Commissioner of Correctional Services, Respondent.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Chemung County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.
Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding to challenge respondent's determination finding him guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule that prohibits possession of contraband. The misbehavior report, which was authored by the correction officer who discovered the contraband on petitioner's person during a strip search, provides substantial evidence of petitioner's guilt (see Matter of Foster v. Coughlin, 76 N.Y.2d 964, 966, 563 N.Y.S.2d 728, 565 N.E.2d 477 [1990]; Matter of Retamozzo v. New York State Dept. of Correctional Servs., 31 A.D.3d 1083, 1084, 819 N.Y.S.2d 199 [2006] ). Contrary to petitioner's contention, the record reflects that the hearing was timely completed within 14 days of the writing of the misbehavior report (see 7 NYCRR 251-5.1[b] ). Having failed to raise his remaining objections at the disciplinary hearing, they are not preserved for our review (see Matter of Burgess v. Goord, 30 A.D.3d 877, 878, 816 N.Y.S.2d 766 [2006] ).
ADJUDGED that the determination is confirmed, without costs, and petition dismissed.
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Decided: February 01, 2007
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.
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