Petty V Metropolitan

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1. What is the legal issue in this case? In the case of Petty V. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County the legal that arise in this case to determine whether Petty was being totally honest about the reason he was discharge from the service. The second issues that have to be proving in this case it to see was did metro violate Petty Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act (USERRA) rights. Petty was former police officers who decide to further his career so he left the force for active duty with the United States Army. Once Petty tour of duty was over with United States Army he look to come back to the force. In 1986 Petty joined the Army National guard and then decided to do the Army reserve with the National Guard in 1989. While in the Army reserve Petty work for Metro in 2000 he was promoted to sergeant, to make some extra money Petty was seeking to be a security guard after hours. Metro rules are to seek work while working for metro you will have to get approval which Petty, once approve he received orders that he will transferred to a new unit. Petty informs Metro that he was being transferred to another department so he will have to take leave absent from his position at metro. While in the army petty was signed to run the mayor’s cell at Camp Navistar. Petty unit ran the camp on a day-to-day basis moving supplies; setting out bottled water for soldiers; handling any problems with housing etc. The job also required petty to empty and store contraband from amnesty boxes (Walsh, 2010). In 2004 a health and welfare inspection of Petty’s quarters where they found five-gallon jerry can with manufacturing of homemade wine. After the investigation Petty was charge with violation of the Military Code of Justice instead of going through trail Petty went in front of a military judge and resigns his commission for the good of the

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