ALA. DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH v. Marshall

The Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation ("the Department") appeals from a judgment of the Montgomery County Circuit Court reversing an order of the State Personnel Board ("the Board") and reinstating Georgia Marshall ("the employee") to her employment with the Department. We dismiss the appeal as having been untimely filed.

After the Department terminated the employee's employment, she sought review of her termination before the Board. A hearing officer employed by the Board concluded, after an evidentiary hearing, that the Department's dismissal of the employee was…