Caston v. Department of Streets

GULOTTA, Judge.

Emma Caston, a laborer with the City-Department of Streets, appeals from a decision of the New Orleans Civil Service Commission suspending her for a period in excess of 11 months for unauthorized absence from work.

This matter arises out of an earlier case, Emma Caston v. Department of Streets and the City of New Orleans, No. CA-2267, in which this court reversed the decision of the New Orleans City Civil Service Commission upholding Gaston’s discharge by the Street Department. In that case, plaintiff argued that the City had violated her right to due process of law by admitting…