David S. Divis v. Washington State Patrol

T OF A P EALS DIVISION Li 2i1i MAY 28 M; 8: 31 ST :\TE aI.- SFr llNG ! oN Y IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION II DAVID S. DIVIS, No. 43744 -941 Appellant, v. WASHINGTON STATE PATROL, UNPUBLISHED OPINION Respondent. HUNT, J. — David S. Divis appeals the superior court' s affirmance of the Washington State Patrol Chief John R. Batiste' s order demoting him from sergeant to trooper. Divis argues that we should reverse the superior court because Chief Batiste ( 1) exceeded his authority and wrongly entered his own independent findings of fact that differed from the…