Whitely v. New Mexico State Personnel Board

OPINION

FROST, Justice.

This appeal requires us to determine whether plaintiffs-appellants juvenile probation officers and their staffs (“JPOs”) who were recently transferred from the New Mexico judicial branch to the New Mexico executive branch pursuant to the Youth Authority Act, 1988 N.M.Laws, chapter 101, Section 47(C), 1 continue to accrue annual vacation leave at judicial branch rates under the Act. Granting Defendant-appellee New Mexico State Personnel Board’s (“Personnel Board”) motions for summary judgment and dismissal, the district court held that the judicial branch rates of accrual…