Tennessee Supreme Court May 2, 2001 (Daron v. Department of Correction)

OPINION

BIRCH, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court, in which

ANDERSON, C.J., DROWOTA, HOLDER and BARKER, JJ., joined.

Kenneth Daron was terminated as a Correction Officer I for violating Department of Correction policy. Pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 4-5-301 (1998), he appealed, and the administrative law judge concluded that a ten-day suspension was a more appropriate discipline.