Pima County v. Pima County Law Enforcement Merit System Council

OPINION

ECKERSTROM, J.

¶ 1 Pima County and the Pima County Sheriff, Clarence Dupnik, appeal from the superior court’s denial of relief on their complaint for special action. In that complaint, Dupnik challenged the decision of the Pima County Law Enforcement Merit System Council to reinstate Deputy Sheriff Joseph Harvey, whom Dupnik had terminated, and to award him back pay. The trial court found that the Council had neither employed an unlawful standard for reviewing Dupnik’s disciplinary action nor abused its discretion in applying that standard. We review the trial court’s ruling de novo.…