Tombers v. City of Brooklyn Center

OPINION

TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge.

The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs upheld the conclusion of an administrative law judge (ALJ) that respondent David A. Tombers, a military veteran who was employed by relator as a police officer, had been unlawfully removed from his employment when relator City of Brooklyn Center forced him on indéfinite leave without a hearing mandated by the Veterans Preference Act (VPA), Minn.Stat. § 197.46. The commissioner concluded that relator owed respondent back pay from the date of his forced separation until the Veterans Preference Board issued its decision. The…