MacOn v. Shelby County Government Civil Service Merit Board

OPINION

in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W.S., and J. STEVEN STAFFORD, J., joined.

This is an appeal from an administrative hearing on a termination. The plaintiff was a deputy jailer with the sheriffs depart ment. He was arrested and charged with, inter alia, driving under the influence. The subsequent internal investigation by the sheriffs department revealed that, pri- or to his hire, the deputy jailer had pled guilty to a felony drug charge. The conviction was expunged. On the plaintiffs later application for employment with the sheriffs department and on the background check form, the…