Beyersdoerfer v. Shocket

Charles G. Beyersdoerfer, plaintiff-appellant, was recommended for dismissal from the North College Hill Police Department by the city’s chief of police, Peter Zappulla. Frances H. Shocket, the city’s safety/service director, affirmed the dismissal, and Beyersdoerfer appealed to the North College Hill Civil Service Commission (“commission”). The commission affirmed Shocket’s decision. Bey-ersdoerfer then timely appealed to the court of common pleas, which also affirmed the dismissal. Beyersdoerfer now brings this appeal, in which the police chief, the safety director, and the commission are…