Case Title: Ex parte Michael Hardy. PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS (In re: Alabama State Personnel Board v. Michael Hardy) (Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-07-1817; Civil Appeals : 2070589). Writ Denied. No Opinion.

Citation: 

Docket Number: 1080451

State: alabama

Court: Alabama Supreme Court

Date: 2009-07-17T00:00:00Z

Document:
REL:07/17/2009 
Notice: T h i s 
o p i n i o n i s s u b j e c t t o f o r m a l 
r e v i s i o n b e f o r e 
p u b l i c a t i o n i n 
t h e 
advance 
s h e e t s o f 
Southern Reporter. 
R e a d e r s a r e 
r e q u e s t e d t o n o t i f y t h e 
Reporter of 
Decisions, 
Alabama A p p e l l a t e C o u r t s , 300 D e x t e r Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104-3741 ((334) 229¬
0 6 4 9 ) , o f 
any 
t y p o g r a p h i c a l o r o t h e r e r r o r s , i n 
o r d e r t h a t c o r r e c t i o n s may 
be 
made b e f o r e 
t h e o p i n i o n i s 
p r i n t e d i n 
Southern Reporter. 
SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA 
SPECIAL TERM, 2009 
1080451 
Ex p a r t e M i c h a e l Hardy 
PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI 
TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS 
(In r e : 
Alabama S t a t e Personnel Board 
v. 
M i c h a e l Hardy) 
(Montgomery C i r c u i t Court, CV-07-1817; 
Court o f C i v i l Appeals, 2070589) 
BOLIN, 
J u s t i c e . 
WRIT DENIED. 
NO OPINION. 
1080451 
Cobb, 
C . J . , and 
L y o n s , 
S t u a r t , 
S m i t h , 
and Shaw, J J . , 
c o n c u r . 
M u r d o c k , J . , c o n c u r s 
s p e c i a l l y . 
W o o d a l l and P a r k e r , J J . , d i s s e n t . 
2 
1080451 
MURDOCK, J u s t i c e ( c o n c u r r i n g 
s p e c i a l l y ) . 
The 
c i r c u i t 
c o u r t , i n an o r d e r 
s e t o u t 
i n t h e o p i n i o n 
o f 
t h e C o u r t o f 
C i v i l 
A p p e a l s , 
A l a b a m a S t a t e P e r s o n n e l 
B o a r d 
v. 
H a r d y , 
[Ms. 2 0 7 0 5 8 9 , Dec. 
31, 2008] 
So. 
3d 
, 
( A l a . 
C i v . 
App. 
2 0 0 8 ) ,
1 g a v e a s e e m i n g l y c o m p e l l i n g 
e x p l a n a t i o n 
as 
t o 
why 
e a c h 
o f 
t h e 
s u b s t a n t i v e 
g r o u n d s 
on 
w h i c h 
t h e 
a d m i n i s t r a t i v e l a w j u d g e b a s e d h e r r e c o m m e n d a t i o n t o t h e 
S t a t e 
P e r s o n n e l B o a r d , i n t u r n a d o p t e d by t h e S t a t e P e r s o n n e l 
B o a r d , 
t o u p h o l d t h e t e r m i n a t i o n o f M i c h a e l H a r d y ' s employment 
w i t h 
t h e 
D e p a r t m e n t 
o f Y o u t h 
S e r v i c e s 
was 
n o t 
s u p p o r t e d 
by 
t h e 
e v i d e n c e 
a n d / o r 
t h e 
f a c t u a l 
f i n d i n g s 
made 
by 
t h e 
a d m i n i s t r a t i v e l a w j u d g e h e r s e l f . 
I n t h i s r e g a r d , t h e 
c i r c u i t 
c o u r t ' s 
r e v e r s a l o f t h e 
S t a t e 
P e r s o n n e l 
B o a r d ' s d e c i s i o n 
t o 
u p h o l d t h e t e r m i n a t i o n o f H a r d y ' s e m p l o y m e n t a p p e a r s t o h a v e 
b e e n b a s e d on 
§ 4 1 - 2 2 - 2 0 ( k ) ( 5 ) t h r o u g h 
( 7 ) , A l a . Code 
1975. 
O t h e r t h a n a c o n s t i t u t i o n a l d u e - p r o c e s s a r g u m e n t , H a r d y s t a t e s 
no 
g r o u n d 
f o r r e v i e w 
by 
t h i s 
C o u r t 
r e l a t i n g 
t o w h e t h e r 
t h e 
C o u r t o f C i v i l A p p e a l s e r r e d i n r e v e r s i n g t h e 
c i r c u i t 
c o u r t ' s 
j u d g m e n t w i t h r e s p e c t 
t o t h e s e 
s u b s t a n t i v e 
g r o u n d s . 
1 I 
r e f e r t h e r e a d e r 
t o t h e o p i n i o n o f t h e C o u r t o f 
C i v i l 
A p p e a l s 
f o r f a c t s and 
p r o c e d u r a l 
h i s t o r y p e r t a i n i n g t o 
t h i s 
c a s e . 
3