WATSON v. CITY OF PASCAGOULA

No. 07-CA-59370.

577 So.2d 1234 (1991)

John WATSON v. CITY OF PASCAGOULA.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret P. Ellis, and C.R. McRae, McRae & Ellis, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Melvin Mitchell, Pascagoula, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PITTMAN and BANKS, JJ.


HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

John Watson was discharged from the police force of Pascagoula and appealed to the circuit court of Jackson County. His appeal was dismissed because Watson failed to request an administrative appeal with the Pascagoula Civil Service Commission within ten days as required by Miss. Code Ann. § 21-31-23.

We find that the city failed to give Watson a requested administrative pretermination hearing by the city manager...

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