Donoghue v. North Carolina Department of Correction

McCullough, judge.

Petitioner James L. Donoghue began working at the North Carolina Department of Correction (DOC) on or about 15 July 1983. During the course of his career, Donoghue established a good reputation for his work as a probation and parole officer. He was the first officer in North Carolina to create a specialized caseload of sex offenders. Donoghue was also instrumental in developing a list of “sex offender conditions” of probation, and the legislature adopted a number of his recommendations statewide.

On or about 12 March 2001, Donoghue was assigned to supervise a sex offender,…