Legal Opinion
Raphael v. Okyiri
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 16, 1999No. 96-CV-964, 98-CV-76PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
On May 9, 1993, appellee Adelaide Oky-iri was removed from her position as the head of the Budget and Fiscal Department of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL). Dr. Hardy Franklin, then the DCPL’s Director, ordered Ms. Okyiri’s removal after having found, following the institution of an adverse action, that Ms. Okyiri had engaged in insubordination and inexcusable neglect of duty.
Ms. Okyiri challenged her termination in an administrative proceeding before the Office of Employee Appeals (OEA). On June 19, 1995, following an evidentiary hearing that lasted…
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