Clark v. State Employees Appeals Board

DUFRESNE, Chief Justice.

Alfred A. Clark, the appellant, was notified in September, 1969 that he was to be dismissed from his employment as a maintenance mechanic at the Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute. Clark contested the proposed firing through the several steps provided by 5 M.R.S.A., § 753, and in December, 1969 the State Employees Appeals Board (the Board) denied him any relief, concluding that the termination of Clark’s employment was justified. No further proceedings were taken at that time.

In August, 1971 the appellant filed with the Board a petition in which he sought a…