Opinion
94702.
Decided and Entered: May 13, 2004.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Commissioner of Correctional Services which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.
Yusef Sow, Elmira, petitioner pro se.
Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, Albany (Nancy A. Spiegel of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Crew III, J.P., Peters, Spain, Rose and Kane, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND JUDGMENT
Petitioner was found guilty of violating the prison disciplinary rule that prohibits the unauthorized use of a controlled substance after his urine twice tested positive for the presence of cannibinoids. The positive test results and testimony at the hearing, including that from the SYVA representative indicating that the medications that petitioner was taking would not cause a false positive based upon prior testing of the medication or the chemical compounds thereof, provide substantial evidence to support the determination of guilt (see Matter of Harris v. Goord, 273 A.D.2d 599, 600, lv dismissed 95 N.Y.2d 917; Matter of Bacchi v. Lacy, 267 A.D.2d 524).
Petitioner's argument that the hearing was not completed within the 14-day limit is incorrect, as the Hearing Officer received an extension within that time period and completed the hearing within that extended period (see Matter of Carini v Goord, 270 A.D.2d 663). Finally, the Hearing Officer properly considered petitioner's prior disciplinary history in determining the appropriate disposition.
Crew III, J.P., Peters, Spain, Rose and Kane, JJ., concur.
ADJUDGED that the determination is confirmed, without costs, and petition dismissed.