DECISION JUDGMENT
ADJUDGED that the determination is confirmed and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.
While an inmate at Ossining Correctional Facility, the petitioner was charged with violating prison disciplinary rules stemming from an incident on January 14, 1999. Following a Tier III hearing, the petitioner was found guilty of all charges and disciplinary sanctions were imposed.
Contrary to the petitioner's contention, there was no violation of 7 NYCRR 251-5.1(a), which requires that a hearing be commenced within seven days of "the inmate's initial confinement pending said disciplinary hearing". The petitioner was in confinement for more than the seven days due to a separate incident, and not due to the pendency of administrative proceedings relating to the January 14, 1999, incident (see, Matter of Harrison v. Selsky, 198 A.D.2d 728; Matter of Young v. Coughlin, 144 A.D.2d 753).
The petitioner failed to establish that the Hearing Officer was biased (see, Matter of Martinez v. Scully, 194 A.D.2d 679).
The petitioner's remaining contentions are without merit.