WHITE v. COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO

Docket No. S.F. 24394.

31 Cal.3d 676 (1982)

646 P.2d 191

183 Cal. Rptr. 520

ROBERT WHITE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

June 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

David P. Mastagni and Richard J. Chiurazzi for Plaintiff and Appellant.

William H. Sortor, David P. Clisham and Carroll, Burdick & McDonough as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

L.B. Elam, County Counsel, and Manuel E. Lopes, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.

John W. Witt, City Attorney (San Diego), Ronald L. Johnson, Chief Deputy City Attorney, John M. Kaheny, Deputy City Attorney, Donald L. Clark, County Counsel (San Diego), Lloyd M. Harmon, Jr., Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Arlene Prater, Deputy County Counsel, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Does the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act (Bill of Rights Act) afford a peace officer, who is reassigned to a lower paying position based on his alleged deficient performance, a right to an administrative appeal?

I.

The facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff, Robert White, is a deputy sheriff with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department (Department). Defendants are the County...

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