Cheaton v. Louisiana Public Service Commission

|2FOIL, Judge.

This appeal challenges the Louisiana Civil Service Commission’s failure to dismiss the appeal of a classified civil servant who refused to appear at a hearing to determine the propriety of the disciplinary action taken against him, despite the issuance of a subpoena commanding his presence at the hearing. After a thorough review of the record, we find that the Commission erred in failing to dismiss the appeal, and reverse.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The lengthy procedural background leading to the challenged motion for dismissal can be summarized as follows: George Cheaton was employed…