Knox v. VanBlarcum

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Melkonian, J.), entered December 29, 2011 in Ulster County, *1199which 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 officer.

Petitioner was a correction officer employed by respondent Ulster County Sheriff’s Department and a member of the Sheriffs Emergency Response Team. On September 9, 2009, three disciplinary charges were filed against petitioner alleging that he grabbed a handcuffed inmate’s neck from…