Legal Opinion
Cate v. State Personnel Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 13, 2012No. E053011PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HOLLENHORST, Acting P. J.—
I. INTRODUCTION
Real party in interest Thomas Norton appeals from a judgment granting the petition of plaintiffs and respondents, California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) and Matt Cate, Secretary of the DCR,1 for writ of administrative mandamus ordering defendant State Personnel Board (SPB) to reinstate Norton’s termination. Norton contends substantial evidence supports the SPB’s finding that (1) the DCR failed to prove that Norton told an inmate to hang herself, and (2) the SPB did not abuse its discretion by reducing Norton’s penalty…
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3Cited by11 opinions
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