Darren Headen Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, CSC Docket No. 2017-2465, 2017-2466, 2017-2467
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of November 4, 2020, CSC Docket No. 2017-2465: discipline, granted. Darren Headen, Human Services Assistant, Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, Department of Health, three removals effective January 24, 2017 on charges of chronic or excessive absenteeism or lateness, c
Commission decisions · Meeting of November 4, 2020
Darren Headen, Human Services Assistant, Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, Department of Health, three removals effective January 24, 2017 on charges of chronic or excessive absenteeism or lateness, conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- November 4, 2020, item A-2
- Outcome
- Granted
- ALJ's recommendation
- Grant the appointing authority’s motion for summary decision and uphold the removals.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Title
- HUMAN SERVICES ASSISTANT
- Employer
- Health and Senior Services
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-002 DARREN HEADEN 11-4-2020.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 appeals of Darren Headen, Human Services Assistant, Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, Department of Health, three removals effective January 24, 2017, on charges, were heard by Administrative Law Judge Dorothy Incarvito- Garrabrant, who rendered her initial decision on October 6, 2020. No exceptions were filed.
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 on November 4, 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 affirms the granting of the appointing authority's motion for summary decision and affirms the removals of Darren Headen.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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