Bledsoe v. Wyoming County Board of Education

MILLER, Justice:

The Wyoming County Board of Education (Board) appeals from an adverse ruling in the Circuit Court of Wyoming County. The circuit court affirmed a Level IV hearing examiner’s decision under W.Va. Code, 18-29-4, which ordered that Daniel J. Bledsoe, the Board’s maintenance supervisor, be reinstated to his position with back pay.

The Board discharged Mr. Bledsoe on November 9,1988, after he entered a guilty plea in federal district court, pursuant to a plea agreement, to charges of conspiracy to extort money, apparently in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1984) and § 1951 (1986). Mr.…