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ÔÔ€)ÔÔ€)¼ÔÑ , ÑÑ   ÑÑ  ÑÑ€+ u` ÑÝ  ÝÑ Ü ÑÒ  ÒÒ ° ÒÒ  ÒÒ „ ÒÑ\R AØ'\ÑÓ  ÓÑ\R AØ'\ÑÑ€ÑÑ7€ÿ¼¼ddÈ7ÑÑ  ÑÑ  ÑÔ€)„ÔÑ  Ñ›Þ ÞÌÌà@ àò òIN€THE€COURT€OF€APPEALS€OF€TENNESSEEÌà@ àMIDDLE€SECTION€AT€NASHVILLEó óÌÌÔ€)¼ÔÌÌÌJAMES€PRICE,à àà àà àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)Ìà àPlaintiff/Appellant,à àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)à àDavidson€ChanceryÌà àà àà àà àà àà à)à àNo.€94„186„IÌ¢VS£.à àà àà àà àà àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)à àAppeal€No.Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)à àœ01A01„9508„CH„00336›ÌœÙ€€ÙßR€.0,A1-j|p` ç `€€@ÿRß›TENNESSEE€CIVIL€SERVICEà à)ÌCOMMISSION,à àà àà àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)Ìà àDefendant/Appellee.à àà à)ÌÌÌÌÌà@ àAPPEAL€FROM€THE€CHANCERY€COURT€FOR€DAVIDSON€COUNTYÌà@ àAT€NASHVILLE,€TENNESSEEÌÌà@ àTHE€HONORABLE€IRVIN€H.€¢KILCREASE£,€JR.,€CHANCELLORÌÌÌÌÌòòFor€the€Plaintiff/Appellantóó:à àà àà àà àòòFor€the€Defendant/Appelleeóó:ÌÌJ.€Ronnie€Greerà àà àà àà àà àà àCharles€W.€¢Burson£Ì¢Greeneville£,€Tennesseeà àà àà àà àà àAttorney€General€andÏReporterÌÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àà àJames€C.€FloydÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àà àAssistant€Attorney€GeneralÌÌÌÌÌÌÔ€)„Ôà@ àò òAFFIRMED€AND€REMANDEDó óÌÔ€)¼ÔÌÌÌÌÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àWILLIAM€C.€KOCH,€JR.,ÏJUDGEÇÑ ° ÑÓ€ÓÔ€)„Ôà@ àò òòòMEMORANDUM€OPINIONóóó óÌÔ€)¼ÔÌà àThis€appeal€involves€an€employee€of€the€Tennessee€Department€ofÏMental€Health€and€Mental€Retardation€who€was€terminated€for€using€excessiveÏforce€against€a€resident€at€Green€Valley€Development€Center.€€The€employeeÏfiled€a€petition€for€judicial€review€in€the€Chancery€Court€for€Davidson€CountyÏalleging€that€the€Civil€Service€Commissionððs€¢decision£€to€uphold€his€terminationÏwas€not€supported€by€substantial€and€material€evidence.€The€trial€courtÏaffirmed€the€Commissionððs€termination€order,€and€the€employee€has€perfectedÏthis€appeal.€€We€have€determined€that€the€decision€to€terminate€the€employee€isÏsupported€by€substantial€and€material€evidence€and,€therefore,€affirm€the€trialÏcourt€in€accordance€with€Tenn.€R.€App.€P.€10(b).× ƒ1 ××  ×ÌÌà@ àò òI.ó óÌÌà àJames€Price€went€to€work€for€the€Department€of€Mental€Health€andÏMental€Retardation€(ð ð¢DMHMR£ðð)€in€1977€as€a€developmental€technician€atÏGreen€Valley€Developmental€Center.€€Prior€to€July€1994,€he€was€assigned€toÏthe€Maple€Outward€Bound€section€of€Maple€Cottage€where€he€was€directlyÏresponsible€for€eight€mildly€retarded€boys€between€ten€and€thirteen€years€ofÏage.€€These€residents€were€among€the€most€physically€difficult€residents€atÍGreen€Valley.€€€Most€of€them€had€behavior€problems€requiring€restraint€atÏone€time€or€another.€ÌÌà àEven€though€Mr.€Price€was€on€annual€leave€for€most€of€July€1991,€heÏwent€to€Maple€Cottage€on€July€4,€1991€to€complete€some€paperwork.€€WhileÏMr.€Price€was€at€Maple€Cottage,€one€of€his€charges,€¢Ricky£€M.,€had€a€violentÏtantrum€that€required€Mr.€Price€and€Mark€Carter,€another€developmentalÏtechnician,€to€enter€his€room€and€restrain€him.€€While€Mr.€Carter€was€holdingÏ¢Ricky£€M.ððs€legs,€Mr.€Price€struck€the€side€of€¢Ricky£€M.ððs€head€with€his€fistsÏð ðonce€or€œtwice.ðð€›€¢Ricky£€M.€stopped€struggling€soon€after€Mr.€Price€struckÏhim.€€Mr.€Carter€did€not€notice€that€¢Ricky£€M.€was€injured€and€did€not€reportÏthe€incident€to€his€supervisor.ÌÌà àMr.€Price€left€Green€Valley€œat€11:00€p.m.€after›€the€shift€œchanged.›€€LaterÏthat€evening,€¢Ricky£€M.€began€banging€on€doors€and€told€Mark€¢Shelton£,Ïanother€developmental€technician,€that€Mr.€Price€and€Mr.€Carter€had€beatenÏhim.€€Mr.€¢Shelton£€contacted€his€supervisor€when€he€observed€a€bump€on€theÏside€or€¢Ricky£€M.ððs€head€and€blood€trickling€from€one€of€his€ears.€€TheÏsupervisor€immediately€summoned€a€nurse,€a€doctor,€and€the€AssistantÏSuperintendent€for€Residential€Services.€€They€took€pictures€of€¢Ricky£€M.ððsÏinjuries,€and€¢Ricky£€M.€repeated€that€Mr.€Carter€had€held€him€down€and€thatÏMr.€Price€had€hit€him€on€the€side€of€the€head.ÌÌà àDr.€Robert€G.€¢Erb£,€Green€Valleyððs€Superintendent,€recalled€Mr.€CarterÏto€the€facility€œon€the€night€the€incident€took€place.›€€He€informed€Mr.€CarterÏthat€employees€who€observe€abuse€but€fail€to€report€it€were€subject€toÏtermination.€€Mr.€Carter€admitted€that€he€and€Mr.€Price€had€restrained€¢Ricky£ÍM.€but€denied€at€first€that€any€abuse€had€taken€place.€€After€being€warnedÏagain€that€he€would€ð ðgo€down€the€tubeðð€with€Mr.€Price€if€he€did€not€tell€theÏtruth,€Mr.€Carter€recanted€his€earlier€statements€and€admitted€that€Mr.€PriceÏhad€struck€¢Ricky£€M.€in€the€head.€€He€also€stated€that€he€was€afraid€of€what€Mr.ÏPrice€might€do€œto€him€if›€he€did€not€cover€up€the€incident.× ƒ2 ××  ×ÌÌà àRepresentatives€of€the€¢DMHMR£€and€the€Department€of€Human€ServicesÏinterviewed€Mr.€Price€on€the€day€after€the€incident.€€When€questioned€about€aÏbruise€on€the€knuckles€of€his€right€hand,€Mr.€Price,€who€was€right„handed,Ïcould€not€explain€how€he€bruised€his€knuckles.€€He€also€stated€that€he,€Mr.ÏCarter,€and€Jeff€¢Keller£€had€been€required€to€restrain€¢Ricky£€M.€and€that€he€hadÏnot€struck€¢Ricky£€M.€during€this€incident.€€Mr.€Price€conceded€that€¢Ricky£€M.Ïsustained€a€bloody€nose€during€the€incident€and€admitted€that€he€had€notÏreported€the€incident€or€the€injury.ÌÌà àœGreen›€Valley€officials€determined€that€Mr.€Price€had€violatedÏdepartmental€regulations€prohibiting€brutality.¢œ× ƒ3 ××  ×›£€€Following€a€due€processÏhearing€on€July€11,€1991,€Green€Valley€notified€Mr.€Price€on€July€12,€1991,Ïthat€he€was€terminated€immediately.€€Mr.€Price€appealed€his€termination€to€theÏCivil€Service€Commission€after€exhausting€his€grievance€remedies€within€theÍ¢DMHMR£.€€The€Commission€assigned€the€case€to€an€administrative€law€judgeÏwho€entered€an€initial€order€on€February€1,€1993€finding€that€the€evidenceÏsupported€Mr.€Priceððs€termination.€€The€Commission€entered€a€final€order€onÏNovember€23,€1993€adopting€the€administrative€law€judgeððs€initial€order.€€Mr.ÏPrice€filed€a€petition€for€judicial€review€of€the€Commissionððs€decision€in€theÏChancery€Court€for€Davidson€County.€€On€May€22,€1995,€the€trial€courtÏentered€an€order€affirming€the€Commissionððs€decision€on€the€ground€that€itÏwas€supported€by€substantial€and€material€evidence.€€This€appeal€followed.ÌÌà@ àò òII.ó óÌÌà àThe€only€issue€that€Mr.€Price€raises€on€this€appeal€is€that€theÏCommissionððs€decision€to€uphold€his€termination€œis€not›€supported€by€evidenceÏwhich€is€both€substantial€and€material€œin€light›€of€the€entire€record.€€He€insistsÏthat€the€¢DMHMR£,€the€administrative€law€judge,€and€the€Commission€erred€byÏbelieving€¢Ricky£€M.€and€Mr.€Carter€rather€than€him€and€Mr.€¢Keller£.€€PartiesÏwho€challenge€credibility€determinations€in€administrative€proceedings,€likeÏparties€who€take€issue€with€credibility€determinations€in€judicial€proceedings,Ïshoulder€a€heavy€appellate€burden.ÌÌà àTrial€and€appellate€courts€employ€the€same€standard€when€called€uponÏto€review€the€evidentiary€foundation€of€a€final€administrative€order.€€òòEstate€ofÏStreet€v.€State€Bd.€of€Equalization,óó€812€S.W.2d€583,€585€(Tenn.€Ct.€App.Ï1990).€€The€substantial€and€material€evidence€standard€of€review€in€Tenn.ÏCode€Ann.€ðð€4„5„322(h)(5)€(Supp.€1996)€does€not€permit€the€courts€toÏ¢reweigh£€the€evidence€or€to€substitute€their€judgment€for€that€of€theÏadministrative€fact„finder.€€òòMcClellan€v.€Board€of€Regents,óó€921€S.W.2d€684,Í693€(Tenn.€1996);€òò¢Sanifill£€of€Tenn.,€Inc.€v.€Tennessee€Solid€Waste€DisposalÏControl€Bd.,óó€907€S.W.2d€807,€810€(Tenn.€1995).€€Rather,€it€requires€theÏcourts€to€review€the€administrative€record€to€determine€whether€the€agencyððsÏdecision€is€based€on€the€sort€of€relevant€evidence€that€a€reasonable€personÏwould€accept€to€support€a€rational€conclusion€or€to€furnish€a€reasonably€soundÏbasis€for€the€action€under€consideration.òò€€Southern€Ry.€v.€State€Bd.€ofÏEqualization,óó€682€S.W.2d€196,€199€(Tenn.€1984).ÌÌà àCredibility€determinations€based€on€a€witnessððs€demeanor€areÏparticularly€within€the€province€of€administrative€finders„of„fact.€€òòSeeóó€1ÏCharles€H.€Koch,€òòAdministrative€Law€and€Practiceóó€ðð€¢6.54A£,€at€œ290›€(Supp.Ï1997).€€Accordingly,€reviewing€courts€customarily€give€great€weight€toÏcredibility€determinations€based€on€the€fact„finderððs€opportunity€to€observe€theÏwitnesses€as€they€testify.€€2€Kenneth€C.€Davis€&€Richard€J.€Pierce,€Jr.,ÏòòAdministrative€Law€Treatiseóó€ðð€11.2,€at€183„84€(3d€ed.€1994);€2€Charles€H.ÏKoch,€òòAdministrative€Law€and€Practiceóó€ðð€9.16,€at€204€(Supp.€1997).ÌÌà àWe€have€carefully€reviewed€the€administrative€record€and€find€no€basisÏto€second„guess€the€administrative€law€judgeððs€decision€that€Mr.€CarterððsÏversion€of€the€July€4,€1991€incident€was€more€credible€that€the€version€of€Mr.ÏPrice€and€Mr.€¢Keller£.¢× ƒ4 ××  ×£€€In€our€opinion,€Mr.€Carterððs€testimony,€coupled€withÏœboth€the›€physical€evidence€concerning€¢Ricky£€M.ððs€condition€and€œthe€bruises€onÏMr.›€Priceððs€right€hand,€provide€substantial€and€material€evidence€to€supportÏthe€Commissionððs€decision€to€uphold€the€¢DMHMR£ððs€decision€to€terminate€Mr.ÏPrice.€€ÌÌà@ àò òIII.ó óÌÌà àWe€affirm€the€trial€courtððs€order€upholding€the€termination€of€Mr.ÏPrice€from€state€employment€and€remand€the€case€to€the€trial€court€forÏwhatever€further€proceedings€may€be€required.€€We€also€tax€the€costs€to€JamesÏPrice€and€his€surety€for€which€execution,€if€necessary,€may€issue.ÌÌÓÓà àà àà àà àà àà à__________________________________Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àWILLIAM€C.€KOCH,€JR.,€JUDGEÌÌÌCONCUR:ÌÌÌ__________________________________ÌSAMUEL€L.€LEWIS,€JUDGEÌÌÌ__________________________________ÌBEN€H.€¢CANTRELL£,€œJUDGE›