Mitchell v. County of Essex

Mercure, J.P.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Essex County) to review a determination of respondents which terminated petitioner’s employment as a Deputy Sheriff.

Following a hearing pursuant to Civil Service Law § 75, petitioner, a Deputy Sheriff employed by Essex County, was found guilty of taking unjustified and unauthorized leave and of abandoning his position. The facts regarding this matter are more fully set forth in prior decisions of this Court (Matter of Mitchell v Essex County Sheriff’s Dept., 14 AD3d 825…