Lopez

Filed 9/29/15 Lopez v. City of Scotts Valley and Scotts Valley Police Dept. CA6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

MARK LOPEZ, H040490

(Santa Cruz County Plaintiff and Appellant, Super. Ct. No. CV176601)

v.

CITY OF SCOTTS VALLEY; and

SCOTTS VALLEY POLICE

DEPARTMENT,

Defendants and Respondents.

Mark Lopez, formerly a sergeant for the Scotts Valley Police Department (Department), had his employment terminated after the Department and the district attorney’s office investigated him for embezzlement. Lopez brought a petition for peremptory writ of mandate under Code of Civil Procedure sections 1085 and 1086, seeking to compel the City of Scotts Valley (City) to comply with the provisions of the Public Safety…