PETTY V. METROPOLITAN GOV'T OF NASHVILLE & DAVIDSON COUNTY

Petty v. Metropolitan Govt of Nashville & Davidson County

Petty v. Metropolitan Govt of Nashville & Davidson County

1. What were the legal issues in this case?

The central dispute in this case is whether Metro violated USERRA in his treatment of Petty, a former police officer, who left the department on active duty in the United States Army and are looking for a new job there with the department after completing his military service a little, if any, controversy concerning the factual circumstances as described in the district court summarily provision for Subway:

The Parties agree to the following facts: the plaintiff joined the Army National Guard in 1986 and decided in the Army Reserve with the Army National Guard Accused hired as his "reserve component" in 1989. In 1993, Metro plaintiff as a police officer on Feb. 1, 1991 Plaintiff was appointed to patrol the western sector of Nashville, where the subway Plaintiff focuses on preventing crime in housing projects. The plaintiff raised the rank of sergeant in January 2000, after which he began to supervise the other officers of the southern sector. After various assignments, the plaintiff returned to patrolling the West sector in the autumn of 2002, where he continued to supervise other officers.

2. Explain how the reemployment provisions of the USERRA were violated in this case.

Petty W. Metro. The Government of Nashville-Davidson, ? 3:05-0680, 2006 WL 3333509 at 1-5 *, 2006 US Dist. LEXIS 83787 at * 2-16 (MDTenn. November 16, 2006) (internal citations omitted, footnotes in original). Relevant to this appeal, complaint Petty argued that Metro violated his rights under USERRA that: (1) Metro delay rehiring him to put him back on the job of the department, (2) Metro did not properly hire him because that he was not put ...