Bell v. Civil Service Commission

Plaintiff, Delores Bell, appeals from an order of the circuit court affirming the Civil Service Commission’s (Commission’s) decision to discharge plaintiff from her employment with the Illinois Department of Registration and Education (Department). Plaintiff contends that the court erred in affirming the Commission’s decision. We agree.

In this appeal, plaintiff challenges the sanction of discharge imposed by the Commission over the recommendation of the administrative hearing officer that she be suspended for 30 days.

Plaintiff was employed by the Department as a licensing investigator II for…