Opinion ID: 1214368
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Heading: Post-Deprivation Due Process.

Text: A Cheyenne police department employee who denies the charges made against her is also entitled to a post-suspension hearing. Loudermill, 470 U.S. at 547-48, 105 S.Ct. at 1496. Loudermill requires a hearing which, at a minimum, determines whether reasonable grounds exist to believe that the charges against the employee are true and support the action. Loudermill, 470 U.S. at 545-46, 105 S.Ct. at 1495. Wyoming's civil service statute provides for a contested case hearing in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedures Act (APA). WYO. STAT. § 15-5-112(b) (1992); Rolfes v. State ex rel. Burt, 464 P.2d 531, 532 (Wyo.1970). Under Wyoming's APA, a contested case hearing entitles one to a full evidentiary hearing and examination of witnesses. Conducted in this manner, a contested case hearing exceeds the constitutional requirements set out in Loudermill. The Commission must comply with the statutory mandate and afford Officer Mondt a contested case hearing if she is suspended.