N.C. Dep't of Pub. Safety v. Ledford

STEPHENS, Judge.

*268 Petitioner North Carolina Department of Public Safety ("DPS") appeals from the trial court's order affirming the Final Decision of the Office of Administrative Hearings ("OAH") by Senior Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") Fred G. Morrison, Jr., in favor of Respondent Chauncey John Ledford on his claim for political affiliation discrimination. DPS argues that ALJ Morrison erred in concluding that Ledford satisfied his prima facie burden and proved by a preponderance of the evidence that the purportedly legitimate nondiscriminatory reasons DPS articulated for terminating him were…