Matter of Lewis v Connolly
2007 NY Slip Op 07439 [44 AD3d 665]
October 2, 2007
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, December 12, 2007


In the Matter of Jack Lewis, Petitioner,
v
William J. Connolly, Respondent.

[*1] Jack Lewis, Beacon, N.Y., petitioner pro se.

Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Benjamin N. Gutman and Marion R. Buchbinder of counsel), for respondent.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, dated March 23, 2006, which affirmed a determination of a hearing officer dated February 9, 2006, made after a Tier II Superintendent Hearing, finding the petitioner guilty of violating prison disciplinary rule 116.10 (7 NYCRR 270.2 [B] [17] [i]), and imposing penalties.

Adjudged that the determination is confirmed, the petition is denied, and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.

Contrary to the petitioner's contention, the determination that he violated prison disciplinary rule 116.10 was supported by substantial evidence (see Matter of Igartua v Selsky, 41 AD3d 717 [2007]; Matter of Costantino v Goord, 38 AD3d 657, 658 [2007]; Matter of De La Cruz v Selsky, 36 AD3d 907 [2007]). Credibility issues were resolved by the hearing officer, as the trier of fact, and we find no basis upon which to disturb the determination (see Matter of Gilzene v McGinnis, 300 AD2d 658, 659 [2002]). Schmidt, J.P., Rivera, Krausman and Florio, JJ., concur.