Allen Patterson v. City of New York, New York, et al.

Is it legal for a government agency in the United States of America to convert an already accepted immediate voluntary resignation into a termina­ tion for misconduct 34 days later, when prior they declared that the employee ended its employer to employee relationship and no longer works for the agency?

Is it legal for a government agency to lie that an employee is on a leave of absence to solely obtain and adopt a penalty recommendation from the Administrative Law Judge, when prior, the agency acknowledged, confirmed, and showed the em­ ployee’s accepted, agency timestamped immediate resignation to the ALJ and stated that a penalty recommendation is now officially moot?

Does a quasi-judicial tribunal, such as a Civil Ser­ vice Commission, have jurisdiction regarding a dispute of a resignation?

If the NY high court precedent was never changed or challenged and the lower courts didn’t adhere to the binding ruling, should it be mandatory for the NY high court to hear the case if the lower court didn’t follow precedent?

Did Patterson’s accepted immediate resignation bring finality to his employment with the New York City Administration for Children’s Service?

NY statute 4 NYCRR 5.3(b) states that only the appointing authority can disregard a resignation while misconduct charges are pending if the em­ ployee submits a resignation prior to prosecution