Jailall v. North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

GEER, Judge.

Petitioner Mahatam S. Jailall appeals from the superior court’s order affirming the dismissal of his contested case by the Office of Administrative Hearings (“OAH”). Jailall’s petition for a contested case hearing alleged that he had been discharged without just cause when his employment was terminated as a result of a reduction in force (“RIF”). Both the OAH administrative law judge (“ALJ”) and the superior court concluded that Univ. of N.C. at Chapel Hill v. Feinstein, 161 N.C. App. 700, 590 S.E.2d 401 (2003), disc. review denied, 358 N.C. 380, 598 S.E.2d 380 (2004), required…