Young v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners

The plaintiff, Raymond Young (Young), filed a complaint for administrative review seeking reversal of a decision by the defendant, the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners of the Village of Mount Prospect (the Board). The decision denied the plaintiff’s request for an evidentiary hearing for the purpose of obtaining testimony from the persons who evaluated him for potential promotion from firefighter to fire lieutenant in the Mount Prospect fire department. The circuit court affirmed the decision of the Board.

Young, a 15-year veteran of the fire department, applied for a promotion to…