Chronister v. City of Oxnard CA
Thomas Chronister retired after a long career as a police officer with the Oxnard Police Department (OPD). OPD denied non-monetary retirement benefits that an officer in his position would have received upon an honorable retirement. They did so because he had violated OPD policy by maintaining a concealed, intimate relationship with a woman whom he knew to be under indictment for murder. Seeking redress, appellant sued respondents: OPD; the City of Oxnard (City); the former Oxnard Chief of Police, Jeri Williams; and the former Interim City Manager, Karen Burnham. The trial court sustained a demurrer as to one cause of action and granted a motion for summary adjudication as to an issue raised in another cause of action. After a court trial, judgment was entered in respondents’ favor.
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