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PORTIS v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ETC.

No. 14403.

407 So.2d 435 (1981)

Gregory PORTIS v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, HUNT CORRECTIONAL CENTER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benn Hamilton, Staff Atty., Capital Area Legal Services Corp., Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Annette R. Seng, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Laura Denson Holmes, Civ. Services Legal Counsel, Dept. of State Civ. Service, Baton Rouge, for George Hamner, Director of the Department of State Civil Service.

Before COVINGTON, COLE and WATKINS, JJ.

COLE, Judge.

The issue presented in this Civil Service Commission appeal is whether or not the appointing authority carried its burden of proof in showing there was legal cause for appellant's dismissal. An examination of the record reveals the Commission did not err in concluding legal cause existed for the dismissal; therefore, we affirm.

Appellant was employed as a Correctional Officer II at Hunt Correctional Institute. On August 1, 1979, the incident giving...

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