Wagner v. Kramer

On December 13, 1982, David Wagner, a deputy sheriff of the Kane County sheriff’s department, filed a complaint for administrative review in the circuit court of Kane County against the sheriff of Kane County, George Kramer, and three members of the Kane County sheriff’s merit commission. The complaint asked that the court review the decision of the sheriff’s merit commission which denied the plaintiff a review of his five-day disciplinary suspension. The suspension was ordered by Sheriff Kramer, on the ground that the plaintiff refused to obey a direct order. The circuit court granted the…