Derringer v. Civil Service Commission

Plaintiff-appellee Billie Derringer, an assistant warden in the State correctional system, appealed his transfer from the Menard Correctional Center to the Joliet Correctional Center, maintaining before the Civil Service Commission that the transfer was politically motivated. After a hearing, the Commission upheld the transfer. On administrative review, the Circuit Court of Randolph County found that the Commission’s decision was against the manifest weight of the evidence and ordered that Derringer be reinstated to his former position at Menard. The Civil Service Commission and the…