Hall v. Utah State Department of Corrections

RUSSON, Associate Chief Justice:

T1 Plaintiff Clifford M. Hall appeals the district court's dismissal of his action brought under the Utah Protection of Public Employees Act, Utah Code Ann. §§ 67-21-1 to -9 (1996), 1 for failure to state a claim pursuant to Utah Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). We affirm, but do so on a different ground than that relied on by the trial court.

BACKGROUND

12 On appeal from a motion to dismiss under Utah Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), we review the facts only as they are alleged in the complaint. Lowe v. Sorenson Research Co., 779 P.2d 668, 669 (Utah 1989). As…