Dyson v. State Personnel Board

Opinion

BLEASE, Acting P. J.

In this appeal Monroe Dyson challenges the affirmance of his dismissal as a youth counselor with the Department of Youth Authority’s Preston School of Industry (Preston or the agency) by the State Personnel Board (Board). The dismissal is predicated solely upon the admission in the administrative disciplinary proceeding of evidence seized by the agency from Dyson’s home, consisting of nine T-shirts and two intercoms belonging to Preston. The question we resolve is whether this evidence should have been excluded from the administrative proceedings.

The items were…