# Shea v. Brown

> Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · November 7, 1991 · 177 A.D.2d 253

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5941735

## Case

- **Full name:** In the Matter of John Shea v. Lee P. Brown, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York
- **Court:** Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
- **Decided:** November 7, 1991
- **Citations:** 177 A.D.2d 253; 576 N.Y.S.2d 4; 1991 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 14204
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Determination of the respondent Police Commissioner, dated February 2, 1990, dismissing petitioner from the Police Department, is unanimously confirmed, the petition denied and this proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, New York County [David Edwards, Jr., J.], entered August 8, 1990), is unanimously dismissed, without costs.
Petitioner was dismissed from his position as a New York City Police Officer on February 2, 1990. A review of the hearing record, including the petitioner’s own testimony demonstrates, inter alia, that the petitioner was a chronic abuser of sick leave and while on suspension had displayed an unofficial Police Department shield. The Commissioner’s determination to dismiss the petitioner was thus based upon substantial evidence.
The facts as presented, upon which the determination to dismiss was based, as well as petitioner’s entire record demon *254 strate that the penalty was not so harsh as to be shocking to one’s sense of fairness. (See, Matter of Pell v Board of Educ., 34 NY2d 222 .) Concur—Murphy, P. J., Wallach, Kupferman and Ross, JJ.

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