NEWTON v. LA. TRAINING INSTITUTE-MONROE DEPT. OF CORR.

No. 12781.

376 So.2d 1032 (1979)

John D. NEWTON and Amos Augustine, Jr., Appellants, v. LOUISIANA TRAINING INSTITUTE-MONROE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

October 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Womack, Asst. Director, North Louisiana Legal Assistance Corp., Monroe, for appellants.

Annette Seng, Staff Atty., Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before COVINGTON, LOTTINGER and COLE, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Judge.

This case is on appeal from a ruling of the State Civil Service Commission which upheld the dismissal of two classified employees. The appellants, John D. Newton and Amos Augustine, Jr., were Cottage Parents II at Louisiana Training Institute in Monroe, Louisiana. Newton was dismissed from his position for an incident occurring on January 20, 1978, when he struck one of the residents. Amos Augustine's dismissal resulted from the paddling of one of...

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