Barnes v. Clayton

STATON, Judge.

Thomas V. Barnes, Mayor of the City of Gary, along with the City, the Board of Public Works and Safety, and other individual officials (hereinafter referred to collectively as “Barnes”) appeal a summary judgment in favor of Gerald Clayton, president of the Gary Fraternal Order of Police and member of the Gary Police Department and David Staples (hereinafter referred to collectively as “Clayton”).1 Barnes raises four issues for our review which we consolidate into two:

I. Whether the trial court erred in finding that Barnes failed to exhaust his administrative remedies to remove…