Copeland v. Personnel Bd. of Jefferson County

This is an appeal of a Jefferson County Personnel Board decision.

The plaintiff in the present case was prosecuted in the Birmingham Municipal Court on criminal charges involving assault, battery, and harassment. The plaintiff subpoenaed over seventy witnesses to testify in his defense to the criminal charges brought against him in the municipal court. One of the persons subpoenaed was Mr. Oscar Stillwagon, the chief clerk for the Birmingham Municipal Court.

After the criminal proceeding, at which the plaintiff was convicted of the charges against him and ordered to pay a fine, the plaintiff…