Villanueva v. Commission on Ethics for Public Employees

This appeal challenges the Civil Service Commission’s determination that a public employee violated the Code of Governmental Ethics, which constituted legal cause for the imposition of a fine against the public employee by the Commission on Ethics for Public Employees. We affirm that determination but amend the fine imposed for the violation.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The factual findings of the Civil Service Commission are not in dispute, and can be summarized as follows: When this case was first initiated, Ignacio Villanueva was employed by the East Jefferson Levee District (Levee…