Legal Opinion
Santos v. Civil Service Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 3, 1987No. F007409PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BALLANTYNE, J.
Introduction
On April 26, 1984, Steven Robert Santos filed a petition for writ of mandate to compel the City of Fresno Civil Service Board to reinstate him as an employee. The city asserted that Santos was an incompetent employee. He contended that he was terminated for racial reasons and in retaliation for political activities.
The city refused to pay the substantial costs for preparing the reporter’s transcript of Santos’s civil service hearings. Santos filed a motion to order transcription of the administrative hearings. The trial court found that Santos was an indigent…
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