State Ex Rel. Dickerson v. City of Logan

In this original mandamus proceeding, the petitioner, Mark Dickerson, challenges his discharge from employment as a probationary police officer employed by the City of Logan, West Virginia. Neither a written statement of reasons nor a hearing were afforded the petitioner prior to his discharge. On September 7, 2006, this Court issued a rule to show cause why relief in mandamus should not be granted. Thereafter, the City of Logan filed in this Court, and seived upon the petitioner, a letter dated October 10, 2006, describing various transgressions purportedly committed by the petitioner while…