Opinion
May 1, 1997
Appeal from the Supreme Court (Hemmett, Jr., J.).
While an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility in Clinton County, petitioner was found guilty of violating prison disciplinary rules prohibiting inmates from engaging in extortion and making threats. He challenges this determination on the ground that he was denied the right to call a particular inmate as a witness at the hearing. Because the proffered testimony of this inmate was irrelevant to the issue of petitioner's guilt or innocence of the charged offenses, petitioner's request for this witness was properly denied ( see, Matter of Dumpson v. Mann, 225 A.D.2d 809, 811, lv denied 88 N.Y.2d 805). Petitioner's remaining contentions are either unpreserved for review or without merit.
Cardona, P.J., Mercure, Crew III, Casey and Carpinello, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.