Butler v. Department of Corrections, Louisiana State Penitentiary

LANDRY, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals a decision of the State Civil Service Commission (Commission) upholding plaintiff’s dismissal from the position of Locker Plant Manager, Louisiana State Penitentiary, a classified employment protected by our Civil Service Law. The Commission found that Appellant was discharged for violating prison security rules governing supervision of inmate trustees assigned to outside duties and permitting a prisoner to bring contraband, namely, money, into the prison in violation of express prison rules and policy. We affirm.

By letter dated June 14, 1971, Appellant’s…