Hample v. Civil Service Com. of Santa Barbara Coun
The Santa Barbara County Probation Department (Department) appeals postjudgment orders of the superior court following the court’s issuance of a writ of administrative mandamus. That writ set aside a Civil Service Commission of Santa Barbara County (Commission) decision that upheld the termination of Robert Hample’s employment at the Department. The Commission filed a return with a new decision that did not reinstate Hample to his position with the Department. Hample filed objections to the return.
We conclude, among other things, that: 1) the trial court had authority to determine whether the Commission’s new decision and its return to the writ complied with the mandamus judgment it entered; 2) the court did not abuse its discretion by ordering the Commission to consider whether Hample could be reinstated following his retirement and receipt of retirement benefits;
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