Conran v. New Bern Police Department

WYNN, Judge.

On 29 July 1993, Kathleen Conran petitioned the Office of Administrative Hearings (“OAH”), challenging her employment dismissal from the City of New Bern Police Department (“the city”) in May of 1993. She alleged sex and creed discrimination.

In response, respondents moved to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction arguing that Ms. Conran, a former employee of the city, was not a state or local employee as defined by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 126-5 (1995), and thus was not entitled to petition OAH.

Senior Administrative Law Judge Fred G. Morrison, Jr., agreed that the OAH lacked…