Owens

INTRODUCTION

Petitioner and appellant Fred Owens (petitioner) appeals from a denial of a petition for writ of mandate to compel the defendant and respondent California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the Department) to authorize Owens, a retired parole agent, to carry a firearm. We affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

We set forth the Factual and Procedural Background from our prior opinion involving the same parties to a dispute over the same subject matter (B215479). “Petitioner commenced employment with the Department (at that time, the Department of Youth Authority) on August 9, 1976, and was appointed as a Youth Counselor. On June 25, 1980, petitioner was appointed to a Senior Youth Counselor position, and on May 18, 1987, he was promoted to the position of a Parole Agent 1. “On November 4, 1999, the Department revoked petitioner’s license to carry a firearm citing Parole Services Manual section 2800 and Youth Authority Manual sections 5700 through 5780. The revocation included both on and off duty firearms. The revocation also provided that petitioner’s license to carry a firearm may be reinstated upon future evaluation. “On April 13, 2000,…