SULIER
Sulier v. State Personnel Board
Opinion
Opinion
Robie, J.
Does Government Code section 3304, subdivision (d) (contained in the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act ) require the California Department of Corrections (CDC) to mail a formal notice of adverse action within one year of the discovery of a correctional officer’s misconduct by someone authorized to investigate that misconduct? No. That statute states the CDC must “notify the public safety officer of its proposed disciplinary action within” that one-year deadline. Because the CDC complied with this statute here, we shall affirm the judgment.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The relevant facts of this case are undisputed. The CDC imposed discipline on Paul Sulier by demoting him from correctional sergeant to correctional officer based on allegations he provided confidential information about one inmate to another.
The initial investigation into Sulier’s conduct started on July 10, 2000. On July 2, 2001, the CDC sent Sulier a letter notifying him of the completion of the investigation and the discipline it proposed to impose on him: “You are hereby notified that the investigation into your behavior has been completed. The investigation sustained the…