Edwards v. Department of Corrections, L.C.I.W.

JOHN S. COVINGTON, Judge Pro Tem:

Plaintiff, Betty W. Edwards, appeals the decision of the Louisiana Civil Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission), upholding her termination from employment at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (hereinafter referred to as LCIW).

On August 8, 1981, plaintiff was employed at LCIW as a Correctional Security Officer II with permanent status working as a Front Gate Control Guard. Just prior to the end of plaintiffs work shift, she was informed that Lieutenant Azalee Eubanks, her shift supervisor, had ordered that plaintiff remain…