Snead v. Employees' Retirement System of Alabama

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

Following an administrative hearing, the Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama (ERS) denied Roy Snead, Jr.’s request that he be allowed to draw retirement benefits. Snead subsequently filed a declaratory judgment action against ERS, alleging that its decision regarding his application for retirement benefits was discriminatory and a denial of due process. Snead requested, inter alia, that the trial court issue a declaratory judgment setting aside ERS’s decision and requiring it to pay all retirement benefits which he claimed were due him.

ERS…