Sherman v. Town of Randolph

The town of Randolph (town) decided to bypass the plaintiff, Scott Sherman, and appoint three candidates with lower scores on the police sergeant’s examination to its three open police sergeant positions. Sherman appealed, and after an eviden-tiary hearing, a Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA) magistrate recommended that Sherman’s appeal be dismissed. The Civil Service Commission (commission) adopted the magistrate’s findings and recommendation, and dismissed the appeal, concluding that there was “independent and reasonable justification” to bypass Sherman, although noting serious…