McCoy v. Brown

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE TRAPP

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant sheriff and the defendant county appeal from a judgment in the sum of $284 and costs entered upon the pleadings in favor of plaintiff.

The complaint alleged that plaintiff was a commissioned deputy sheriff and that on May 31, 1979, the sheriff suspended plaintiff without pay for 5 working days, and that on June 4, 1979, plaintiff’s request for a hearing and review before the Sheriff’s Department Merit Commission was denied.

Pursuant to statute, the Champaign County Board in 1965 established a Sheriff’s Department Merit…