Lara v. City of Albuquerque

OPINION

APODACA, J.

{1} Plaintiff (Employee) appeals the dismissal of his administrative grievance proceeding challenging the propriety of his termination by Defendant City of Albuquerque (the City). The City’s Personnel Board dismissed the grievance proceeding because Employee did not comply with the hearing officer’s order to provide for the release of certain medical records. Employee raises six issues on appeal: (1) the City had no real need for Employee’s confidential records because they did not form the basis of Employee’s termination; (2) the hearing officer did not have the authority…