Legal Opinion
Munroe v. Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 16, 2009No. B208003PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ALDRICH, J.
INTRODUCTION
When the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (the DPW) discharged Massie Munroe from her job, it notified her of the 15-day window in which to seek an appeal hearing with the Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission (the Commission). Munroe did not notify the Commission for more than 60 days, and so the Commission denied her appeal as untimely. The trial court granted Munroe’s petition for writ of mandate and directed the Commission to accept her late appeal. The court reasoned that the Commission abused its discretion in failing to deem Munroe’s…
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