Egnet v. Commissioner of Public Safety

This case involves a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief in which it is alleged that the plaintiff, a sergeant in the State police force, took and received a failing grade in an examination to qualify for promotion to the rank of lieutenant. The plaintiff claimed a timely appeal to the review board appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety pursuant to G. L. c. 22, § 9R,1 and the rules and regulations governing the Massachusetts State police.2 The review board “voted not to change sufficient answers given by [the plaintiff] to raise his grade on the examination so as to make…