Johnson v. Bd. of Trustees of the CSU
The Board of Trustees of the California State University (CSU) appeals from the trial court's judgment granting in part the petition for writ of administrative mandate (Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5) filed by Michael Johnson to challenge the State Personnel Board's (the Board) decision to terminate his employment as a police sergeant in the San Diego State University Police Department (the Department). The trial court concluded that substantial evidence supported the Board's finding that Johnson engaged in several acts of misconduct, but that the Board abused its discretion in ordering the termination of Johnson's employment as the penalty for that misconduct. In its appeal, CSU contends that the trial court erred in determining that termination was an excessive penalty.
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