Blankenship v. Civil Service Commission

William Blankenship and Ralph Notter, the plaintiffs, were employed by the Illinois Department of Corrections as Youth Supervisors at the Illinois Youth Center at St. Charles. The Department of Corrections instituted a proceeding to discharge the plaintiffs alleging that they were sleeping while on duty. The hearing officer of the Civil Service Commission found that the charges had been proved, but that the charges did not warrant discharge. He recommended a suspension of 30 days. The Civil Service Commissioners reviewed his findings and rulings and adopted them as the findings and rulings of…