Brooks v. Civil Service Commission

Agnes, A.J.

INTRODUCTION

In this civil action the plaintiff Jeffrey B. Brooks (Brooks) seeks judicial review of a decision by the Civil Service Commission (Commission) which dismissed his complaint against the defendant Department of Correction (department)1 in which he maintained that he was entitled to the procedural safeguards set forth in G.L.c. 31, §41 before he was placed on a ten-month period of unpaid leave. See G.L.c. 31, §44 and G.L.c. 30A, §14. The matter is before the court on a motion for judgment on the pleadings. See Superior Court Standing Order 1-96. The essential facts are set…