Woods v. State Civil Service Commission

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

Marvin J. Woods, Jr., (Woods) petitions for review of the January 13, 2004, order of the State Civil Service Commission (Commission), which dismissed Woods’ challenge to his removal from employment with the New Castle Youth Development Center (Center). We reverse.

The Center is a residential site for children who are committed to the facility as a result of criminal charges against them. For twelve years, Woods was employed at the Center as a Youth Development Counselor (Counselor). A Counselor is a treatment specialist responsible for, inter alia, operating an…