MISSISSIPPI DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS v. HARRIS

No. 2001-CC-00423-COA.

831 So.2d 1190 (2002)

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellant, v. Alvin HARRIS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

December 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office Of The Attorney General by Joseph A. Goff; Jane L. Mapp, Attorneys for Appellant.

Johnnie E. Walls, Greenville, Attorney for Appellee.

Before SOUTHWICK, P.J., THOMAS and CHANDLER, JJ.


SOUTHWICK, P.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Security guard Alvin Harris was terminated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections following an investigation of an altercation between inmates and guards. Harris appealed to the Employee Appeals Board, which reinstated Harris. The Hinds County Circuit Court affirmed. Here, the Department of Corrections argues that the Appeals Board's decision was arbitrary and capricious, and did not conform to evidentiary burdens. We...

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