Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation v. Bendolph

THOMPSON, Judge.

Glen Bendolph, Cynthia Lesueur, James Walters, and Harvey Radcliff (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “employees”) were merit-system employees of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (hereinafter “the Department”). Each one’s employment was terminated by either a regional director or a facility director of the Department.1 The employees were terminated on different dates. The Department concedes that each of the employees timely appealed the termination of his or her employment to the State Personnel Board (hereinafter “the Board”) pursuant…