Harris v. N.C. Dep't of Pub. Safety
Harris v. N.C. Dep't of Pub. Safety
Opinion
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 110A17
Filed 22 December 2017
STEVEN HARRIS, Petitioner v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Respondent
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of
the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 798 S.E.2d 127 (2017), affirming a final
decision dated 25 January 2016 issued by Administrative Law Judge Donald W.
Overby in the Office of Administrative Hearings. Heard in the Supreme Court on 13
December 2017.
Law Offices of Michael C. Byrne, by Michael C. Byrne, for petitioner-appellee.
Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Tamika L. Henderson, Assistant Attorney General, and Ryan Park, Deputy Solicitor General, for respondent- appellant.
Essex Richards, P.A., by Norris A. Adams, II, for North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police, and Blanchard, Miller, Lewis & Isley, P.A., by E. Hardy Lewis, for North Carolina State Employees Association, amici curiae.
The McGuinness Law Firm, by J. Michael McGuinness, and Milliken Law, by Megan A. Milliken, for North Carolina Police Benevolent Association and Southern States Police Benevolent Association, amici curiae.
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED.
Reference
- Status
- Published
- Syllabus
- Whether the Department of Public Safety had just cause to terminate a corrections officer from employment for allegedly unacceptable conduct application of Chapters 126 and 150B to the employee's appeal from an administrative law judge's final decision reversing the termination and imposing a lesser sanction.