North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services v. Maxwell

HUDSON, Judge.

Respondent, Michael Duane Maxwell, was employed by Petitioner, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (“State VR”) from 6 July 1998 until his termination on 30 April 1999. Thereafter, he appealed through internal grievance procedures without success and then filed a Petition for a Contested Case with the Office of Administrative Hearings (“OAH”). The Administrative Law Judge (“AU”) and State Personnel Commission (“SPC”) ruled in his favor, and the State VR sought review in superior court. The superior court adopted the…