Raghunandan v. Miami-Dade County

Jairaj Raghunandan, a county employee, seeks certiorari review of the circuit court’s affirmance of an employment decision of the County Manager. Because the circuit court, acting in its appellate capacity, properly applied the correct law, we deny the petition.

Raghunandan was fired from his position as supervisor of the paving section of the Miami Dade County Water and Sewer Department as a result of the highly publicized Church & Tower/Miami Dade Water & Sewer Department over-billing/payment scandal. He filed an appeal of his discharge and, after conducting an evidentia-ry hearing on the…