Pool v. City of Omak

Daniel G. Pool appeals from a Superior Court order remanding the case to the Omak Civil Service Commission for further hearing. He contends: (1) the court should have reversed, not remanded; (2) the court should have held the commission action to be arbitrary and capricious; and (3) his notice of withdrawal of his appeal to the commission, served after the Superior Court decision but before the commission hearing reconvened, was timely. Finding no error, we affirm.

Pool was an Omak police officer who was disciplined for spraying mace about the head of a handcuffed arrestee who was seated in…