TURNEY v. CIVIL SERVICE COM'N

No. 08CA0215.

222 P.3d 343 (2009)

James TURNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION of the City and County of Denver and City and County of Denver, a municipal corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

April 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruno, Colin, Jewell & Lowe, P.C., Douglas Jewell, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David R. Fine, Denver City Attorney, Karla J. Pierce, Assistant City Attorney, Denver, Colorado, for Defendants-Appellees.


Opinion by Judge CONNELLY.

Denver Police Officer James Turney challenges his ten-month suspension for tactical errors preceding his fatal shooting of a developmentally disabled fifteen-year-old boy who had been wielding a knife. Denver's Civil Service Commission, reversing an administrative hearing officer, upheld the suspension. Turney sought judicial review under C.R.C.P. 106(a)(4); the district court affirmed the commission; and Turney now appeals.

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