Lindgren v. Placer County Civil Service Commission
Real Party in Interest Placer County Department of Public Works (DPW) demoted plaintiff John Lindgren after he made threats of violence against a coworker. Defendant Placer County Civil Service Commission (the Board) sustained the demotion.
Lindgren sought a writ of administrative mandate in the superior court directing the Board to overturn its decision. Upon its belated inclusion in the writ proceeding after the statute of limitations had expired for challenging the Board’s ruling, DPW twice demurred on the ground that it had been an indispensable party that could not be joined any longer, and renewed this issue in its opposition to the writ. The trial court did not rule on this threshold issue in denying the writ of mandate on substantive grounds.
Lindgren appealed in March 2016; his briefing was completed in October 2016, and the panel as presently constituted was assigned the matter in September 2018. His focus on appeal is on the substance of the administrative ruling,
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