North Dakota Department of Human Services v. Ryan

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] Thomas P. Ryan appealed from a district court judgment reversing an administrative law judge’s determination that she had jurisdiction to hear his appeals from two adverse employment decisions by the North Dakota Department of Human Services (“Department”). We hold the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) had jurisdiction to hear Ryan’s appeals, the district court had jurisdiction to hear Ryan’s cross-appeal, and the ALJ’s decision on the mer its of the Department’s employment decisions was supported by the evidence. We affirm the ALJ’s decision on the merits.

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[¶2] Ryan was…