In re the Claim of Guynup

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed November 9, 2011, which ruled that claimant was entitled to receive unemployment insurance benefits.

In October 2008, claimant, a lieutenant with the Clinton County Sheriffs Department, was charged under Civil Service Law § 75 with misconduct, incompetence and insubordination. The misconduct charge arose out of an incident in which claimant was served with an order of protection that had been obtained on an ex parte basis by his wife, from whom he was estranged. Two superior officers served the order of protection upon…