TALMO v. CIVIL SERVICE COM.

Docket Nos. B041326, B046777.

231 Cal.App.3d 210 (1991)

282 Cal. Rptr. 240

BRENT TALMO, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

June 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

De Witt W. Clinton, County Counsel, and Stephen R. Morris, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Appellants.

Green & Shinee, Richard A. Shinee and Audrey Heller for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

JOHNSON, J.

The central issue in this case is whether the civil service commission abused its discretion in upholding the discharge of a deputy sheriff who committed batteries on two prisoners, uttered threats and racial slurs against a co-employee and lied about these actions to his superiors. After hacking our way through a thicket of procedural issues, we conclude the commission acted well within its discretion in discharging...

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