Case Name: Touquir Choudhri, Petitioner, v. New York City Department of Education, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2008-03-06
Citations: 49 A.D.3d 299
Docket Number: 
Parties: Touquir Choudhri, Petitioner, v New York City Department of Education, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 49
Pages: 299–300

Head Matter:
Touquir Choudhri, Petitioner, v New York City Department of Education, Respondent.
[852 NYS2d 133]

Opinion:
There was substantial evidence in the record to support the charges of misconduct based upon petitioner's undisputed acts of insubordination relating to his excessive use of the Internet for nonbusiness reasons. Given that evidence, combined with petitioner's many disruptive absences, late arrivals, and early departures, the determination to terminate petitioner's employment was not so disproportionate as to shock the judicial conscience (see Matter of Martinez v City of New York, 281 AD2d 187 [2001]).
We have considered petitioner's remaining contentions, including that his due process rights were violated, and find them unavailing. Concur—Mazzarelli, J.P., Saxe, Gonzalez and Acosta, JJ.