Malinowski v. Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board

Plaintiff, Pamela Malinowski, appeals from an order of the circuit court confirming the order of the Cook County Sheriffs Merit Board (Board) discharging her from employment by the sheriff of Cook County (Sheriff). On appeal, plaintiff contends that the Sheriff had no rule or policy requiring her to perform the acts that she was accused of failing to perform. She also contends that the Board’s findings were contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence.

Plaintiff had been employed by the Sheriff as a correctional officer since September 1985. In July 2006, the Sheriff filed a complaint with…