Alabama State Personnel Board v. Miller

I respectfully dissent from the denial of this petition for a writ of certiorari. In this case, the Alabama Department of Mental Health (“the Department”) terminated petitioner Jeffery L. Miller’s employment at Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility based on Miller’s alleged abuse of a patient. Miller appealed to the Alabama State Personnel Board (“the Board”), which concluded that termination was too severe a penalty; the Board ordered reinstatement without backpay. Miller then appealed the Board’s decision to the Montgomery Circuit Court; that court concluded that Miller had been denied his…