Turzik v. VanBlarcum

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Zwack, J.), entered October 11, 2011 in Ulster County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Ulster County Sheriff terminating petitioner’s employment as a correction corporal.

On June 15, 2009, disciplinary charges were filed against petitioner, a correction corporal employed by respondent Ulster County Sheriffs Department, alleging that on May 16, 2009 he struck an inmate across the face with an open hand fracturing the inmate’s nose.1 It was also alleged that…