RUTH HENRIQUEZ, CSC Docket No. 2017-2000
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of July 29, 2020, CSC Docket No. 2017-2000: discipline, penalty upheld. Ruth Henriquez, Sheriff’s Officer, Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office, removal effective October 28, 2016, on charges of incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties and other suffi
Commission decisions · Meeting of July 29, 2020
Ruth Henriquez, Sheriff’s Officer, Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office, removal effective October 28, 2016, on charges of incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties and other sufficient cause.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- July 29, 2020, item A-3
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the removal.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- removal
- Title
- SHERIFF'S OFFICER
- Employer
- Middlesex County
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-003 7-29-20.pdf)
Action recorded in the minutes: The Civil Service Commission affirmed the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge.
The decision
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BackgroundThe appeal of Ruth Y. Henriquez, Sheriffs Officer, Middlesex County Sheriffs Office, removal effective October 28, 2016, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Patricia M. Kerins, who rendered her initial decision on April 23, 2020. No exceptions were filed regarding the Civil Service Commission's (Commission) portion of the matter.
AnalysisHaving considered the record and the Administrative Law Judge’s initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, the Civil Service Commission, at its meeting of July 29, 2020, accepted and adopted the Findings of Fact and Conclusion as contained in the attached Administrative Law Judge’s initial decision.
ORDER
The Civil Service Commission finds that the action of the appointing authority in removing the appellant was justified. The Commission therefore affirms that action and dismisses the appeal of Ruth Y. Henriquez.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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