State Ex Rel. Ashley v. Civil Service Commission for Deputy Sheriffs of Kanawha County

This is an appeal by the Sheriff of Kana-wha County from an order of the circuit court of that county dated December 16, 1988. That order affirmed a decision of the Civil Service Commission for Deputy Sheriffs for Kanawha County which directed that the sheriff reinstate, with back-pay, Mark Chadwick, a former deputy who had been suspended when he was indicted for a felony. On appeal, the sheriff claims that Deputy Chadwick did not make a timely request for a civil service hearing as required by W.Va.Code, 7-14-17(a), and that the subsequent proceedings in the case are thus invalid. He also…