McDonald v. Campbell

OPINION

GERBER, Judge.

Petitioners William McDonald and the Arizona Supreme Court brought this special action requesting us to hold that the real party in interest, the Arizona Personnel Board, has no jurisdiction over petitioners. We accepted jurisdiction of the petition. We now hold that the Personnel Board has no jurisdiction over employment complaints filed by Supreme Court employees.

FACTS

The Defensive Driving Program is a legislatively-created program placed under the supervision of the Arizona Supreme Court. Petitioners employed Phyllis Graham as manager of that program. They subsequently…