Crossler v. Hille

Johnson, J,

The United States District Court, Eastern District of Washington, certified the following question under RCW 2.60:

Is a district court judge bound by a county personnel handbook, approved by the county and previous district court judges, in her decision to terminate a district court clerk, when the judge has never personally adopted the terms of the handbook?

Order Granting Mot. to Certify to Washington State Supreme Court at 3 (Order). Short Answer: No.

*289The certified question is very narrow in scope and limited by the record before us. We do not seek to make a broad statement…