Nason v. New Hampshire Personnel Commission

Plaintiff, a member of the New Hampshire State Police, appeals pursuant to RSA 541:13 the order of the personnel commission dismissing his appeal and affirming his suspension ordered by the director of the state police. The primary questions to be determined in this appeal are whether a 20-day suspension constitutes a property right within the meaning of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution so as to entitle plaintiff to notice and a presuspension hearing and whether the commission’s decision was unjust or unreasonable. We dismiss the appeal.

Plaintiff was suspended for…