Denning v. JOHNSON SHERIFF'S CIVIL SERVICE

Johnson County Sheriff Frank Denning fired Deputy Michael Maurer after Maurer failed initially to report that he’d caused a crack in the windshield of a patrol car by tossing a 5-pound plastic accordion folder full of papers at a horsefly in the car. But Kansas law malees the sheriff s personnel decision subject to review by a civil-service board “to determine the reasonableness of [the] action.” K.S.A. 19-4327(b). The civil-service board concluded that firing Maurer wasn’t reasonable, and we are not allowed to substitute our judgment for that of the administrative agency charged by statute…