Scott v. Illinois State Police Merit Board

Plaintiff, Master Sergeant David Scott (Scott), a member of the Department of State Police (the Department), appeals from the order of the circuit court denying Scott’s petition for administrative review of the decision of the Illinois State Police Merit Board (the Board) which dismissed Scott’s petition for review of his three-day disciplinary suspension. Scott contends that (1) he was denied due process and equal protection by the Board’s dismissal of his petition for review of his suspension; (2) the Board erred in deciding that there was no substantial basis for a hearing on the…