City of Mobile v. Lawley

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

The City of Mobile ("the city") appeals from a judgment of the Mobile Circuit Court ("the circuit court") affirming an order of the Mobile County Personnel Board ("the board"). The board's order reversed a decision by the city terminating the employment of Fred Wayne Lawley, Jr., a Mobile police officer. Lawley's employment was terminated in February 2015, after he was charged with stealing $2,050 worth of property while responding to a reported burglary.

The record indicates the following. At a hearing before the board on March 15, 2016, the attorney for Lawley moved…