Angelier

In this suit for administrative mandamus relief (Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5 (section 1094.5)), petitioner Daniel M. Angelier (Angelier) seeks to overturn a decision by the California State Board of Pharmacy (the Board) which revoked Angelier’s license to practice pharmacy. The trial court denied Angelier’s request for relief. On appeal, Angelier challenges the sufficiency of the trial court’s statement of decision, and he questions whether the court applied the correct standard of review of the administrative evidence. Angelier also challenges the court’s affirmance of the award of attorney’s fees that was made by the administrative law judge in favor of the Board. We affirm the judgment denying the writ.

Background of the Case

The Board’s charges against Angelier were drug related. The administrative law judge (ALJ) found Angelier had supplied his girlfriend and himself with prescription drugs without their having prescriptions for those drugs. This was done on several occasions. The drugs were Estrogen, Prostin, Percocet, Prozac and antibiotics. The ALJ also found Angelier had given his girlfriend a drug to induce an abortion at the home where they were living.…