Pipkin
Pipkin v. Bd. of Supervisors of Shasta Cty.
Opinion
Opinion
Evans, J.
Plaintiff, Donna Pipkin, a permanent deputy sheriff acting as a matron in the Shasta County jail, received notice that she was to be dismissed effective six days later. The factual bases for the dismissal order were that she had given false information in explanation of her absence from work; that she entered an area in the jail carrying keys without another matron standing by, and fraternized with the prisoners; and that her fraternization interferred with the orderly administration of the jail as it caused disputes between the prisoners. She was also alleged to be insubordinate, rude, and insulting to fellow workers in the presence of others. She was discharged without having an opportunity to explain the charges against her. The Shasta County ordinance provides only for a posttermination hearing to contest the action. After an informal hearing the Shasta County Employee Appeals Board refused. to order her reinstatement, and following the board of supervisors’ refusal to hear her case, she petitioned for a writ of mandate pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5. Upon denial of the petition this appeal ensued.