California Court of Appeal

On petition for writ of administrative mandamus to order the State Personnel Board (SPB) to reinstate a correctional officer's termination of employment with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR), the trial court's grant of the petition is affirmed, where: 1) there was no substantial evidence supporting the SPB's finding that the DCR had failed to prove its allegation that the officer was negligent by failing to report or respond to a suicidal statement made by an inmate; and 2) the SPB abused its discretion by reducing the officer's punishment from termination to a 30-day suspension.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/13/2012
• Published 03/13/2012

Judges

• Hollenhorst

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rudy E. Jansen, Stephen A. Jennings