Kecia Nelson, CSC Docket No. 2023-452
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of July 19, 2023, CSC Docket No. 2023-452: discipline, dismissed. Kecia Nelson, Practical Nurse, Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, Department of Health, removal, effective March 23, 2022, on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause.
Commission decisions · Meeting of July 19, 2023
Kecia Nelson, Practical Nurse, Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, Department of Health, removal, effective March 23, 2022, on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- July 19, 2023, item A-4
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- ALJ's recommendation
- Dismiss the appeal for failure to appear.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- removal
- Title
- PRACTICAL NURSE
- Employer
- Health and Senior Services
- Chair at the time
- Allison Chris Myers, Acting Chairperson
- Official decision
- CSC's 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 Kecia Nelson, Practical Nurse, Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, Department of Health, removal, effective March 23, 2022, on charges, was before Administrative Law Judge Sarah H. Surgent (ALJ), who rendered her initial decision on June 14, 2023. No exceptions were filed.
AnalysisHaving considered the record and the ALJ’s initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, the Civil Service Commission, at its meeting of July 19, 2028, accepted the recommendation as contained in the attached ALJ’s initial decision.
ORDER
The Civil Service Commission dismisses the appeal of Kecia Nelson for failure to appear.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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