Title: Harris v. N.C. Dep't of Pub. Safety

State: north-carolina

Issuer: North Carolina Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA 
No. 110A17   
Filed 22 December 2017 
 
STEVEN HARRIS,  
Petitioner 
 
 
v. 
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, 
 Respondent 
 
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of 
the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 798 S.E.2d 127 (2017), affirming a final 
decision dated 25 January 2016 issued by Administrative Law Judge Donald W. 
Overby in the Office of Administrative Hearings.  Heard in the Supreme Court on 13 
December 2017. 
Law Offices of Michael C. Byrne, by Michael C. Byrne, for petitioner-appellee.  
 
Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Tamika L. Henderson, Assistant 
Attorney General, and Ryan Park, Deputy Solicitor General, for respondent-
appellant. 
 
Essex Richards, P.A., by Norris A. Adams, II, for North Carolina Fraternal 
Order of Police, and Blanchard, Miller, Lewis & Isley, P.A., by E. Hardy Lewis, 
for North Carolina State Employees Association, amici curiae. 
The McGuinness Law Firm, by J. Michael McGuinness, and Milliken Law, by 
Megan A. Milliken, for North Carolina Police Benevolent Association and 
Southern States Police Benevolent Association, amici curiae. 
 
 
PER CURIAM.  
 
AFFIRMED.