Bond v. Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services

The appellant, Gertrude Bond, tested positive for using marijuana and was fired from her secretarial job with the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS). She challenged her termination in an intra-agency appeal, and an administrative law judge (ALJ) affirmed the DPSCS’s decision. When appellant sought judicial review, a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge affirmed the ALJ’s decision.

Having noted a timely appeal, appellant presented three questions for our review. Our resolution of the following question, which we have rephrased, renders appellant’s other two questions 1…