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In the Matter of CHRISTOPHER VELEZ, Petitioner, v. GLENN S. GOORD, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Ser

MEMORANDUM AND JUDGMENT

Following a tier III disciplinary hearing, petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of violating prison disciplinary rules which prohibit possessing unauthorized organizational materials and of disobeying facility correspondence procedures. According to the misbehavior report, petitioner was found to be in possession of, inter alia, unauthorized organizational materials, including a "call to arms" letter advocating gang violence. The determination of guilt was affirmed upon administrative appeal. Petitioner thereafter commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding.

Initially, we find that petitioner waived any issue concerning the adequacy of the misbehavior report to give notice of the nature of the charges against him by failing to raise this issue at the hearing (see, Matter of Campanale v. Coughlin, 214 A.D.2d 902). Turning to petitioner's evidentiary challenge, we conclude that the misbehavior report, combined with the letters themselves and the reporting officer's testimony, provide substantial evidence of his guilt (see, Matter of Foster v. Coughlin, 76 N.Y.2d 964, 966). Any disputes as to credibility were properly resolved by the Hearing Officer (see, Matter of Johnson v. Barkley, 260 A.D.2d 882 [Apr. 22, 1999]).

Finally, we have examined petitioner's remaining arguments, including his claim of Hearing Officer bias, and, to the extent they have been preserved for appellate review, find them to be unpersuasive.

CARDONA, P.J., MIKOLL, PETERS, SPAIN and CARPINELLO, JJ., concur.

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

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MATTER OF VELEZ v. GOORD
(Jun 24, 1999)