Triplett v. State Civil Service Commission

WATKINS, Judge.

The Department of State Civil Service has filed a motion to dismiss this unlodged appeal on the grounds it was taken untimely-

Plaintiff, Suzanne Triplett, is appealing a Civil Service Commission decision which became final on September 23, 1987. An application for appeal to this court was filed on October 26, 1987.

An application for appeal of a Civil Service Commission decision must be “filed” with the Commission within thirty calendar days after its decision becomes final. La. Const, art. X, § 12. This court has previously ruled that the posting of an application with the U.S.…