Adkins v. West Virginia Department of Education

This ease is before this Court upon appeal of a final order of the Circuit Court of Kana-wha County entered on July 13, 2000. Pursuant to that order, the circuit court upheld a decision of the appellant and respondent below, the West Virginia Department of Education (hereinafter “Department of Education”), suspending the appellee and petitioner below, Jimmy Dale Adkins, a school teacher, for untruthfulness on a certification application. However, the circuit court found the two-year suspension imposed by the Department of Education to be arbitraiy and capricious and an abuse of discretion,…