Payne v. Nebraska Department of Correctional Services

Petitioner-appellant, Glenn G. Payne, sought review by the district court of the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission’s ruling that in discharging him from employment, the respondent-appellee, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, did not violate the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act. The district court affirmed the commission’s ruling, whereupon Payne appealed to the Nebraska Court of Appeals. It reasoned that as Payne had failed to make a timely request for the official record of the proceedings before the commission, the district court lacked jurisdiction to review the matter,…