Proposed decision by Judge Teri L. Block

7/28/2019 Proposed decision by Judge Teri L. Block

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V.CALIFORN IA DEPARTMENT OFCORRECT]ONS AND REHABILITATI ONAppeals from Dlemlssal '

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Propoeod Decislon

. STAIHMENIBT rHH CIAsH,Thls mqttdr aamo on regularly for hearing before Terl L. Bloc[


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lugu ? ofBsfive Appllants falled to documont fuily and aoouratery I,* allegod exoessrveuse of foroe, and that all llod about the lnclrlent whon lntervlawed by the Office oflntemalAffalrs (OlA),

,Appellants denled ail charges and fired the hrstant ccrnsoildatsd appeal,t$$uE$

Dld Roepondent prove tho oharges by a prepondarance of evidence?lf Rospondent provecl the chargos by a proponderance of ihe evidence, dld .Appellants' conducf constitute a vlolatloh of Gov.emment code secilon 1gETz, .subdlvlslons (d) inoxousable neglect of duty; (f) dtshoriesty; (o) willfuldisobedionce; (r) other.falrure of good bohavlor.ithg durlrrg or outslde of dutyhours whloh is of such a nahrro thet lt cauges dlsmedrt to the appolntingauthorlty or the person's e'mploymontl and, ln the case of 'AppollantI, (n) diucourteous treaiment of the pubrrc or other ernproyoes?3. lf Appellunts' concluci violated Governrnent Cods section 1g571, what is the. appropriate penatty as to oach Appottanf?' '"'"i'1 r,BocEpuRALHrsio,Br ':T

At the comnlonc$ment of tho evidentlary hearlng, the pariiee stipulatocl to thoa'dmtsslbltity of Jolnt Exltlbits J-1 * 13, and further, that Jolnt Exhiblts J-11 and j-iZwould be admltted under s.eal, Additionally, Respondent's Flrst Agrended hequest forofficiatAdntlnlstrative Notloe of the Callfornla Code of Regulalons, 11e 2, secilon 122;and, title'15, eectlons 3ZA7. AZAB.1, 8270, 8271, 3801, and 8413, was granted.

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Reopondont's request for Offlclal Adntlnlstratlve Notlce of tho Dopartrnent Operallon'sManual (DoM) sectlong 04080,8,1, 9d040,s,2, ancl 83080.3,8 pursunnt to EvidenoeCodo sectio n 4sl,subcilvlslon (h)1 was gtanted, with the caveat that Appellants cquldobjeot if it was.dlsoovered,durlng the hoarlng that one or more of the DOM secflonscitecl were not operatlve at the tlme of the evente ln queslion, No such obJeclon wasraised at any polnt during the proceocllngs.

Fll,rRtN.GggHJAgIThd following facts were proved by a prepondoranco of evidirnce:1. Appellants' lncllvldual work hlstorie$ ar6 aB follows:

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Ca$e No. 1I-0840r-, caso No. 12"0941II Case No. 1Z-oM?f, Caso No,12"08Z6paga 4 of BOaselgned to aseist lnntatelas a staff ropresontatlve on an unrelatednratter, which rerolvod withoUt lncldoni,il. III and lf had golfed together 0n on6 occasion. Orhenuise,Appellante had no soclal rslstionshlp wlth one another outsldo of work prlor to*n: Incident In quesflon.4, cn Juno 29,2a11, Appellants were asslgned to wok seiond watch (6:00a,m. to 2:00 p,rn.) on D Facirity at I $tats prison (rsny. Thatmornlng, I wae corrrploting paperwork in the program Offlce whenlnmatol wae escorted to a hording cell lnslde the pr.ogram ofllce.f was'told that lnmate E rcedecl a psychiatr.lc evatuattonbecauee he had threatened to harnr $taff snd cornmit sulokJe,5. I arrangod to hnve tnmatef examtnod by'i medioaidoctor, whoinforned Ir that the thleats wore oredihle and that the inmate should besent to ths Corlectional Treatrnent contor (CTC) for further evalualorr,

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gate leading to the velrlcle sally port (the patro Gate),, rf and Ifollowed eeveral feet behlnd. At that flme, Facllity D was ln,lockdown,meanlng thero wero no lnrnates on tho exerclse yar-d and no lnmates wore.permltted to niove about the faclllty wlthout an oscort, Tho vehicle sally portwas orflpty,+ wBS a gunner ln obseruatlon Tower r, whlch was approxlmately {0 foetntul, ovorloofiirrg the Fadllty D exerctso yard (yard) on ono slde, and thevehicle sally port on ([rs oppogito eldo, l..le war tho only gunnor tn Tower 1and was rosponstble for rnonltorlng actlvlttes on the yurO *n6 vehlcte'sallyport, as well as openiirg hnd closing various 0ates, lnoludlng tho pailo Gate.' As tho oscod approachod, f shoutod up to I to open the patio

. Gate,Because the control panel that operalecl flro pailo Gaie was broken at thotimo,I had to step outside the lower antl vtsually watch the gate in orclerto conftrrn that the gato was proporly opening arid closing. l-le also hacl tornan[a{ly depress ths butfon ihal oponod and closed tha'gerte oontinuouslywhlle the gato oponed and croescl, lt ls possible to check the paflo Gatevleually from inslde Towor 1, but vlsrbility ts better lf the gunnor steps outgldeand checks from the patio slde,

$ l'hs distanoo from the Progr.am offloo rloor io the Patlo Gate ls 151 fsel, l0lnches - approxlmately E0yards,

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Qase No. 12-0840Case No. 12.0840$ase No. 12"0841Case No. 12.OB4ZCaoe No, 12"0875Page 6 ofBB10. Whona! requosted I1o open the geto, I rtopped outslde.

Tower 1 on the pailo slde to watoh the patio Gato opon wtrite I andITTIIvehicls sally.port. After the group passscl through,I began lo close thogate, visually chocklng from the pa{o slde to watch the gate close behind thogrbup.

11, f was on Inmate I't left am and lf wss on his right arrn asthe escort proceeded. Aftor walklng approxlmately five to seven feet lnto thevehicle sally port, lnmatel pulled hls left ann away and turned towardI, who finmediatery shouted, "Get clownl, f,s comrnand Inltiated acode I alarm, whlch ! fotlowed with a "code r, drroctivs by radio.

12. A Cods I alarnr requires dosignatecl responders, lncludlng COs and rnedlcalgtaff, io report imrnediatoly io tre slte of an lrrcidenl ancl asslst ln whatover.wffy neos$$ary to ensure officer and inmEte cafety. WhenI heard, ,,Got. downl'. he.atopped closlng the pallo Gato and began oprntng ti manuafiy' depresolng the 'openo'buttort for appioxlmately five seconcls * long errough toallow code 1 rosponders to gain access to the vehlclo sally por1.

13, f andf swffilytook Inmoto-to the ground, placlng hlm onhls stonrqch pursuant to CDCR pollcy and tralning. f flacecl hls arrn onthe hacl( of lnmatels neck and shoulder area, and maintained controlof the inrnate's arm. rf movoel to lnrnatel,s lowor body and

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, Case No. 12-0839, Cas6 No. 12-084'0, Case No. 12-0841fE, ca$B No. 12-os4lfI, case No, 12"oB7EFage 7 of ogeventually gained control of hls logs and feet, plnnlng thom down wlth bothhands, f and I were severnl feei behlnd and observed the tako.dbwn, whlch occurred ln secondp. .At the time of the Codo 1 alAm, Lwas.on the palo near the paloGate, l{e.respondod lmrnediatelg snd arrlved to asslstl andf atapptoxirnately the sarne time that r arrived - roughly 10 eeconds a{tertho alarm. I placed hls knee swlfily and,ifuty on ihe rlght side oflnmatsf'; mid-back, and I took'a simllar poaition on lnmeteI's left slde, corrslstsnt with ODGR use-of.physlcal-force training.Inmate f efuggle! brlefly, but-stoppecl resistlng shorlly aflor Iand f arrlved to assist.inrnate'I ls a physicatly fit Afflcan Amefican ma!e, approxlmately flvefeet sevarr lnches tall, welghlng foughly 120 pounds. He appeareid to b.e ln

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his earry twe.ntlos, I rs 2g years ord, frve feet dreven inchee ta[,anil weighod 265 pounda at the tlirre of the lnctdent,comprarnod that hs could not breathe aftsr lhs takedown, r ,ndI reacljusted thelr [ositions so that I could breathe more oasily. .Ror,rghly 15 to 20 responders, including cos, medioat staff, Lleutonant f,and Captaln arrivorl at the scene within one-and-a-half totwo mhutes of the Code 1 alanr, Sorhe arfived sooner, depending on how.close theywere to {re vehicle sally portwhen'ilre alann sounded.

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CaseNo.12-0BBgCsss No. 12-0840Caee No, 12"0841Cqae No, 1Z"0b4ZCaee No. 12-087bPage B of BB17, Co iwas on the patio Just outslde the Program offlce when he

heard the alann. l-la artlved wjthln seconds of the takedown and observed allfour offlcers routrahring lnrnatef on tho ground, I trnrnecllatolyorusrodllo get leg restratntp, ! lertths area and returrred wlth the legrestralnts approxlnrately four to five rnlnutes later, lnmate f romainedconrpllant on tho grourrd durlng this ilrno,

ru. LruErbuu vuuarroriir r\urse (LVt\)- end her supervlscr,Roglsterod Nurse (R wero woLklng ln the Clinic whenthe atarm sounded.a Both rospondod Imrnediatory. f grablred amedical supply bag and reportod lo tho vohicla eally port within 10 to 15seconclsr f followod lmmedlately theroafter, The patio Gate wasalready opon when the h^io otepped out of the cllntc onto the pailo. As thoyapproaclrod and passecl through the patio Gqte lnto the vehicle sally port,

quickly setilecl down whllo several offlcors restralnod hlnr on iheBoth remalned in thH vehlcle sally port unfll I rstumed withrestraints.

19. co I wfls on thCI patio ouhide the cllnlc when tho alarmsoundod. He was'facrng'away from the pailo Gats at flro time, but he turnsdaround Inrrnedlately and saw.that tho gato was about half way op.en ae

{ The Clnlc. ts ono of.Elsit {lfr+[:Hf,lt!,t],3,.1J:giu,JJ or,ce, tocared atong fio tensth of rho patioperpendlcular to ths Patlo (ExhrbirJ-11,) Igif'tfistfl,tf''J,o;J:Fl.u,usareihi[ih"Fii6,l*ori.,. is6ui"ii,i00004073 '

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Irqn through lt, ago g ol 83I followod stralghtaway ancl anlyed at thesceno seconcls after II to flnd I :, If, andI restralnlngj hnritsl on lrls etonrach on tho ground, Inoted that lnrnate fI squlnned for a short tlme and then setfled clown.r remalnec.l ln the vohlcla eallyport unt[I roturned,

20, co In heard ths code 1 ararm over tho radlo and respondedimmodlatoly afterfirst clearing the paflo and programofflce to ensur'e that no

' lnrnates weri on the premises, , He, arrlved at the vshlcle sally port.opproxlmately one-ancl-a-half mlnutas after the alanir eoundod, and obseruedatlfourofficerc[,I,II,and.I)resirainlng[nnratefI on the ground whon he arflvecl. lnrnate Iwao cornpliant atthe time. Shortly thoreafter,I arrlved with leg restrajnts.

21, Ilwas worklng asen Otflce Tochnlclan ln ihe cltnic at the timeo'f the lncldent. when she heard the alarm sound, r wakod for thenurslng staff to of,thertheir gearand leave the bultding and thsn lmmecllatelyvenlurecl orito the'patio to see what. was ha'ppening,. $he walkedapprnximately to the Patlo Gaie (lose than E0 yards away) and obsprved

. lnrnatef.on the ground ln the vehtcle sally port, struggling whilo atleast twb offloers attempted to restrain hirn * one positioned near the inmate,shead and neck aroa, and tho other at hie feet, fI watchocl for severalminutes whlle vartour Code'1 responc{ers arrlved.

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whon the alarrn soundecl, he immecl,lately got up, wont out to the patto andobserued through ihe half"open paflo Gate'several officers in tho vehicle sall!port, on the ground restralnlng lnmate - The lnmate appeared to bo.cornpllant, If walkecl. into the vohlcle sally port, and shorlly thoteaftor,! arlved with leg restraln{s,

r.o, captuinJwris arbo workrng rn lris offrco ln the program.office whenhs heard the code 1 alann. He inrrnedlately left hls office (whlch was locatedat the back corner o't'the program office), seoured the rloor, and arrlvecl at,ther vehlclri sally port'approxlmaioly one-and-a-half to.two mlnutes after thealam soundsd, Thoro, he saw t*o td three conecilonal staff restrainhrglnmate f on ths 6round, By this fl*u,Iwas standing nearthe left torso of lnmate f, who was cornpllant. I waswearlng dopartmenl issued, heavy.duty, lenthortoed b.oots.

24, At the trme of tho lncident, andf (the l"lrree Womon) all woiked in fhe HDsp mental healthdepariment, whlch was housed ln.ilre Eop office locatecl across the vehlclesally port, opposite tho Patio Gqts.

25, .L a Medloal Transoriber, worked ln a clerical offico wlth three or fourtall, nanow windows ffrat faoed the vehlore salry porr. I a1dl, both

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Fago 11'of 83. Offioe Teohnlclans, woikecl togothet ln iho next clerlcat'offlce, wlrlch algo hadfour tall, ndnow windows that faced tho vehlcle eelly port.

26. All Three Wornon hacl rocelved manclalory annualtralrrlng on the use of force,'. during which they rearnod tho defrnruon of ploper, urlnecossary, and. Bx06ssivo use of forco undsr oDCR pollcy, and were shown a vtdeo thatdernonsilatecr use of force scenarros,'Ail were awarc of therr duty to feportunnecessaiy ald excesslve use of forco under CDCR.pollcy; howsvor, nono, had witnossed or reporred i uss of force rnctdent at a cDcR faciilty prror toJune zo,za11, r oould nol rocallever wilnessing an act of vlolenoe ofany kincl ln her entlre life.

27. o, the date lp qutisflon, allrhreawomen heard "Got downl, and looked outtu the vshicls sally port to see what was happening, From her offlce,I;bseruod four officem kneeling around lnmatel who wasfqco down the

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burlod her facs ln hor hands and began to cry and pray, she then glancedout tlre wlndow q socond tlne and'noted that the pailo Galo was opening ana "flood" of COs rushod lnto the vohlclo sally port.II wae rlandlng when ehe hoarcl "Got clqwnl, and then heard fbegin to cry apd pray, "No ono get kllled," qr words to that effect, f ttren

' lookod out ihs wlndow and belioved,she saw thres offJcers.holdlng downInnrateJ, while a fourlh kneed hlm u4th great iorce three or four timos,and then ttood up and kloked hlm with,slgnlficant force ien to fllteen times lnthe rlght flank araa, f believed that ths fourth officer grew tiretl anctstopped kicklng when the paflo Gate began to open and a flfth officer warkedinto the vehicle sally port.

30, At or about this thtre,I walksd into the oflice shared bylandI and sald, "This remlnch rno of fhe Rodney King incldent. Aro youwatchlng thle?' or worcls to that eff'eoi. f responded, .yes, they'fekicltlng ths shlt out of hlm." f dld not respond, but conttnued to cry andpruy. f anO ! were extremely ernoflonaliy shaken.

91, By thls tlme, nurnorous responders had repofied to the vahrcre sally po,t, andJ traU arrivecl to place.Inmatef ln log restralnts ln acoorcJance with0DCR post uso-of-force procooure, f ano I then assistecr rnmato

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1 alsrm sounded,Repeatod blows to the flank or rib area, elther by kneelng or klclqlng, typically6a[se blunt traurna lnJury, evldencad by.bruislng, soft iissuoswelllng, andsometinies oraoked or broken ribs, lndlvicluals who suffer blunt trauma to iheflank or rib area normally expedenco substanttal locslized pain because therlbs are not protected by dlgnlfioant ntusoie flssue. BIunt traurra tnjurles tothe rtb/flank area usually cquB$ lncllvlduals to protoctthe lnjured area, and tohavo dlfftoulty standlng orwarklng straight, and lift or move thelr arms.Aftor lnmate f stood up, LVN If ancl RN ff vtsuallyussoesed hlo physical condltiorr on ths vehiole sally pott, Boflr notod nrinorabrasiqns and ocrapes, consistent with tne iakedown. lnmato f wacupboat and laughing at the time., cr:rnmenflng, olt tekes ail you guys to holdme down," orwords to that effect.

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code 1 rosp.nder, arrrvecl at the scene rrr a Triago and rroatmont Area ffiA)' vohlcte, $ho otfered to drtvs lnmato I to TTA, butl andfIndlcated thls was not necessary because I was amburatory, Iagreed aftsr visuallv assesslng lnmate f, noting thAt he Walkedstrslght up, hacl q sieacJy gait, herd hrs head up, arld wae not guarding anypad of hls bocly,

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hinr In a holdhg +ell ar 1111E a,m,, afterwhlchf pheckecl on hlm evory 15, minutss until 1:00.p,rn. Froni 11:15 to 12:00 noon, lnmatef was-standlng each tirno thatf checlted; thereafter, I sat..ln the hotrlingcell and did not appear to ba ln paln, or complaln of it,' 36, CQs arc regulrid to report all uso-of-force lncidentB olt a Crlrne lncidentReport (8$7c Report), Before the end of the gecond watqh on Juno 2g," 2011,I,I,-,I, and tleach comploted an BSZgReport regardlng the lncldeni. Appollants dld not dlsc.uss the contents of theirreports with one anothbr at any flme,

37. All of Appetlants' 8p7c Reports are rnqtorislly connlstont, albolt wlih sllghtvarlatlons bdsed on what earh officer was dolng'as tho incldent unfolded.None of tho reports lndicato thatl or any other Co repeatedlykneed or kicked lnrnate I, or othemise ueed unnecessary orexceseive force duilng the tnciclent,

gB, At. noon, t-vNI perforrned o. physlcal sxam of lnrnato I insidethe holding coll, ancl mado notatlon$ on a CDCR Form 721$whlle the examwas unclorway (721g Exam"), The procesg lnvolves a head to toe,exanrlnatlon, during which the hmato ie requlred to disrobo dqwn to boxershortr, nrove h'p head up ancl down and slde to side, rnove hls neck, open hlsniouth, attcl rnove both arms straloht out to the slde antj overhead. The

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.lnmate's 6vo$, oars, face, mouth, hoad, arrns, legs (front and back), tordo(froni and back), prlvate areas (flont and back), hande (lnclucilng palrns) andfeet (lnoludlng solos) are physlcaily examlned to. dotermlne whether the, inmate has bee.n lnJurod In any'way, ,and/or roqurreg furthor rreclicallroatrnent. Durlng a'721i Exarn, the inmate ls also given an opportunliy tomake a brlof sta,ternent regarcling tho circurnotances of the inJury.

39. on hor 7219 Form, I lnclioated ihat lnmate I susialned mlnor' abraelons (scrapee) on his forehead, rlghi ohouldo.r,'rlght,bicep and Inneraun, left forearn, both elbows, .right hlp, and right knee. she ssw noevidencs cf any Injury to tho right flank or rih area, or any evlclencs of brokenboneg, aotlvo bleedlng, brulsing, raceratlons, puncture wounds, pain, or 'swelling. $he o.bserved that lnrnatelwqs arnbulatory, did not favorone sldo or anothor, and hacl no difflculty raislng bottr arrns straighi out to.thoside and over his hesd. Hls statoment regardlrlg the circumstanc6s of hlsinJury wa6, "l dldn'( do anythlng,,, EN I reviewed nnd signed I,s7219 Forrn, Indlcasng ilrat she concurred witil,s aaosge'rnont.

40. Moanwhilo,f,I, andf wore gatherecl in Uro Eop offlcecliocussing tho inclcleni. All Wore extrernely emotionally upset by what theybelieved they saiv, and expressed disbe[ef and despalr to one anothsr. Atsome polnt,'f and I went to therr superursor, Dr. lf

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the olerloal area, where all Three Women topsalod to If what theybelleverj they r*aw, f was ogng, and I and Iwere highlyagitatred. Although the women'exprossed concern about poeslblo.rstallailon,I lnersted they must repor^t what they saw, and drrectecj them toprepar'e wrliton statemenls. All propared thell staternonts shorfly thereafter.Meanwhlle, I Informod Auqooisto wsden (AVq I what theworflen had reported to hlrn;

42. ll,s,wriiien statonrsnt Indlpated that affer hearlng oget clownl, shssaw four coe kneeling alound. an innrale in the vehlcle sally port. A largeofflcer on the lnmate's right slde kneecl the lnnrate ln the kidney area flve orslx tlmes, then stood up and started klcklng the inmate tiifire rtght rib area.Tho large officer then,stoorJ (with borh feet)'on the fnmate,s back, at whichpoint, the Patlo Gate opened, othor offlcot'g carne to the scene,.and someone"gotthe {arye otffcer to stop,"I'u and.I's written staternenls wero3.IJ's statenrent, although neithel saw the large offlcer slancl on.thetnrnato's lrack, . Addliionally, both f and I oonrmontacl that theinmate favored'hls rlght slde as he was escortocl brrt of the vehicle sally poft,whereas I stated she d.ld nbt see the lnnrate belng o,scorted oul,

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I, case No. 12-o83gII, Caso No, 12-0840f-. Lriruti rr.u. I z-u^d'rflf' uirut rYU- r4xu^47l-, caee No, .12-087s' Page'17 of 33Shorily before or after conrploting thelr wrltten statemente,I sndl

ate lurrclr together anclbriefly discussed the incldent. .Law onforcemsnt officero, lncludlng cos, aro tralned.to eoparate perclplentrpitnessos durlng questlonlng to ensure that witnees statoments areJlased onlndepandent, iecollectlon rather than whal oilrers reoall, Moreover,sciehtifically reliable prychologloal atudlos havo shown that wltnssses tond tobo lnfluenced by one snothor when they are quosflonocl together, talk to oneanothdr, or llsten to eaoh other's charactedzaiton of witn.sned evonts, whenhls occurs, the studies demonstrale a roasonable llkelihood of memorycllstortlon, cross-contamlnation, and mlsoharacterlzatlon as to what eachwltness actually saw. 6Although I,I, ancll wore questloned 'separately during acfirnlnal lnvestigaiion at a later date, they were quesfloned together andpennitted to talkto orre arrother on the day of tho incldent.Durlng the lundr hour that ,Juy, I inforrned the women that AWI had sunrmonod them io his offics to disouse ths lnctrlent, The wornenarrivsd to ftnd AWf, captatnf, and Lieutena,tr waifl'g rnf's offlce, f reacl one oI more of thelr wrltten sta{ements and thenaskocl oaoh to re-stato whai they saw. Atl Threo wonren.remalnecl togetherln f's offico and particlpatod simultaneously ln tho dlscuislon, each

6 These facts we re establlshecl hy uncontrovortod oxpori testlrnony provlded by ellzauoili Ltftus, plr.0.,and David Roge.

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was emotlonally upsot,47, Shortly after 1:00 p.rn"!I and l,followed hyf, escortecl lnmateI frunr ihe Program offlcb to the TTA (triage area) in the cl'c, and

plaued hlm tn a holdlng'celr. rnrnaie I walked to tre crc unassistod,' uprlght, and did not appear to bo ln paln or irredlcal dletrees,4a, At approximately z:90 p,ml, RN

-perform.d a second 721g

Exam on lnmalel after ousiody staff had Interviewed hirn lrr TTA forqpproxlrnately B0 to 40 mlnutee, f purformeiJ a parflcularly flroroughexaminatlon at the rcquest .of custorJy staff, and obsrirved superficialabraslons on the Inmqto's forehead, rlght ehoulder, blcep, wrlet, and rront hip.bon" area, lefl foreann, both eltlows, thleo small areas on tho hack, bothkllees, and the right shln. She also noled a smallsuperficial ahraslon to theright of the nuvel. $ho eaw n0 other lndlpatlons of lnJury, Inoludlng bruising or_ "a-"J' ''''"sWolling in the torso area, difficutty moving his arms or breathing, panting orhpairments of any kincl. Inmatof to6 her nl'm flno: l,m fine, TheCos boat mo up,o whon sho asked lrow lre was feollng.

49,At2:45p.m.,LloutenantEarrivoda1fiAtophotographlnrnator Tha color photos lncludsd eloven s x 10 close-up shols off'.'shirtloss torso from varlous anglee. The photos deplot superficial

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Case No, 12-0876page 19 of Bgabraslong on lnnratel,g foreheed, right uhoulder and hip bone, as wellas a small aroa to ttre rtght of hls nEvol. Two areas of rednese appeal at theuppou and nrlda'lght bleop, Othgr thqn tho mlnor abraslons noied, the plrotosshow no signE,of lnJury,.ttrcludlng brulslng, swoillng, or redness, on lnrnate-I'u right rlb or flank area, f stood stralght and dld not app'arto guard any part of hlr body whilo the photos were takon.

50. At approxirnatoly 0:80 p,rn,, Load RN perfonrred a third ZZlgExarn of lnmatel ln the erc whire eevorar custody oupervrsors andrnsnagsmont elaff loqked on, f noted the sarire mlnor abrasions ihatf, I anct lI noled, she also obsewed that InrnatoI was ambulatory and that thore wsro'no indloations of ac.vebleeding, brulsing, swelllng, cracksd or broken bones anywherd on his boqly,Iwas able to.move hig ams out to the slde and overhead freety andwilhout paln,At G:80 p.m., LVN rIr porfonrred a fourth 7?1g Exam of rnniateI, and noted nearty idenilcnl findlngs, lncluding no ovidence ofbruising, swslltng, or broken bones, I,e 721g Form lndlcatedftold her, "l was elammod, hit in faco, scratchod on bocly & use of forca u.sed.,,on June 30,20.11, Inmatef was asked to preparo a wr*ton statoment,vuhereln lre wrote the following:

9l ttle day of 6'?9,11 an rncicient occured [src]'whoro r recreves' [slc] bruises and abrasrons qil over my oorty.'r vias ;iffi;; f";;:

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could not 806 WhatWaa hflpp66lng on hls rlghi sido, Flowever, ho sald he feltone officer place a knoe on hls baok and apply slgnificant hodyweight whlteanother officer placed.a knee and signifrcant predsuro on hls nsolt. .Iindlcated that rnoet of his lnJurles (scratohes ancl abrasions) occurred aa a' resuJt o{ hls conlact wlth.the ground after the iakedown, He oairl hls rlbs werenut epoclflcally lnjured: rather, hio whole body wa* generally,sore after tholnctdent.

sG, That ssmo, day (June g0, 2011), I photographod tnmato Iluiniuries a second ttme to documerrt whether brulses had doveloped overnlghtas a retult of 'tho Incldent tho previous clay. The second set of photos did notreteal any brulllngr pr any ovldonco of injury ihat,was not apparent In ihs flrstsot; there was no redness, swelljng, or brulslng on the tnmqie,s right rib orflank area.

'ti1;--o..1ttll 16, 2012, speclal Agont- rf qtA wa$ assrsnect toitrvestlgate ihe incldent ! f6rli oompelled to oomplete the lnvestigationa$ soon as Possihle, ancl did so on May g, 20{ z. penal code seolon 60s,subdivision (c), provtcies. [CDOR O]Al Invoatigators tlterll conduct Investlgationo and inqutr-ieaifl s rnanner that provides a comprete and tho6ugir.presentation orthe facts..regLdilfl,rho alegaflon or cornpraini. al Lite,ruoii.g an,i' mlflgating facts shalr be eiplored anrl iuporteo, ihs role ,it tiru. lnvosflgator is that of a faetfindor, AIr rlport, prepared uv an

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58. f was awars of 'these requlrcments, but acknowledged that hlslnvestlgatlon Report (Report) oontained tho followtng srrors:

ort StatomentThroe lndependont wiinesseeIIIThree tVomon) saw lnmate f .belng ropeatedlykneed and ktekod.

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Inmate I's stateiront aboutthe Incldent was conslstent with thestatements of ths Three Women. .,,r,,o.-Ii4ru ilii lt ri,jilB

'didn't feel llks striklesl at alt,"

welghi of knees on hls back; but notthat he was repeateclly knoed andklqked, He navsr olalmed to haveboon klckoci, and at one point,slated that the knees on hls back

) stated thai lnmatewas struggllng while on theThe Report Sumnmry Ooes notlnclude thls detall.

'The Report summarizedJ,sODCR B37c Ropo( regurdlng tholncldent.

ls not tlsted as awifid;Tiih6Repo(,

The Report SumrnaryBl7pffepott Indicatesordered uGet downl"I's BSTc.Report cioes not .sayal he ordered "Get doWtlli , .Raihor, Ii statos,'l told ihs inrtiateto stop reslstlng. I then calted for aCods 1 fl Yard Via [sic] tnstituflonalracllo-"Tho Report $urnrnary ofE37o Report lndicatosgraoDos tnmstqli$ l6gs,forclng hls r{ght leg over hls left in a

crosE,od posltlon,

Fs 637c Repon ooes not satythis, Ralher,'it statss, "l tookcort'ol of lntndlo ll'a legswith my handswhile Officeriil$,,ffiiBix1llflfrT,tiF

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Basod on t!'s rovlew of the 7219ryilii"or=Repori conoludes thal lnmateI's ln]uriee are lnconslstontwlth Appellants' slaternents during'thelr OIA lntorvlews and ln their BSZoRoporls.I acknowiecigeci ihat ihe-Inju rles (scrapes/superflclatabraeions) coulcl be conslstent witha takedown, but hs dld not lncludqthls ln the Beport bocauss thls wasmeroly hls opinion,

The Report concludesthat tnmatoI ",uurrrri w(irB uail$r$IBnIwith the staternents of the'l"hreeWomen,f ucknowledged thattheThree Women eaid the lclcks weretopeatedly lnitlated from a45 to 90degree angle, and that the klckseqqv^ln uuuy wlllr Urtsalforcg, He stated ltwas possibloflrai such liick6 rnlght orily causemlnorscrapee and abraslons, butadded that it would be diffieu lt to!.qy wlth ceftainty, The Report,howevqr, dld not Inclucle thisobservatlon.

lig, The Reportwas also incomploto:' Although I's writlon *tatement lnclicaled sho dicl not see anyInJuries on the inntate, the Report dcleti nLt include thl; lnformauon. - '', T]r? ,Roport does not lnclucle the disuepancy betw'statdmeirf ihqt the tnoiJenilasted t5-20 mlnui*r, fl,**.G.,',l,., .-.* lhSt,lt lasted.five mlnutos, and lnrnntol Gtaifr6i,ih.qt"trl;;i;;i f acknowledged. that rnmahlvacilrated about wrrethor hbwas kneod in tho rlb aroa, nut thoEport does not lndlcate thlslnfonnallon.

I-qrs e,rv sqry q v\J olcilru r, , ,,,,,,oref oacK, llutthgReport $ummary does not lnoludo this informatio]f, f ..knowledged thai he was tralnecl ihat wlinessos can taint on6anotfisfs statenrents if they aro permitteo to taili't; ;;,;h ;dil. li;also acknowp.lg_-d lu,.*as-aware thar the rnres women haci *pok*ntp each other rdpealedty about the rrrcident, buirre irio ,i"i uxpr;i;iili;or mention it in the Report.00004388


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60, Addltlonally,I dld not intervisw th6 followlng wllnegses:E -.r rqws ;ey reDr*rre u, ,,,,,re,u f lrnmgararoiy Toyowingtho takodo'Jvn; oscorted him io the holiliiffiolt; rnonltored Irtm tti6holdlng qell from 11;15 to 1;00 p,rn,; sscorted hlm to c"l'c.for furtherevaluation,, I*Took'photoa of Inmatelon June Z0 and 80, 201,l,' Qo llI - Vlcleo-tapod the lnterulew of lnmate I onJune 30, 201 1 .' Bu(I- tntorvrewed tne Threo wornen on the day of ths lnoidenl,-**-,; - ..r,^,riu rrr*jLljl-=gurou or a mrrruro ot Ino taKedown;yt-sual.ly a$seesod lnmats I at tho scene; physlca[y u*r'"ln;ihim shortly after tho lncldent,-' ruUI- Arrlved withln seconds or a nrlnute of the takedown:'vlsually assessed..lnmalef at the eoene; slgned off onI;s' physjcal examinatlon of lhe lnmato' BN II - Vlsually assoessd lnrnato I ffiinutes afler theIncident.'' BNI- - Physically examined Inrnatel withtn hours of theincidont., ,tyJ-I - Phystcatty examined lnmatel withln hours of theincldsnt., EN-I* phystcallv examined tnmatil wlthln horu.s of thelncident-tf,,5uu receivecl exteneive trainlrlg on inlorrogatton tochnlq_ues,-.tRclucling

watchlng for physttlal slgns. of pouoible unhufltfulness (sweaflng, hoavybreathlng, fldgoting, poor 6yo contact), ancl uiing a rus0 to flesh out and tostthe truth or falsity of witnese statements.6I elociecl nol to lnteMew f, I, qndl himselt, relyingtnstead, on audlo-tapod intervle'ws concluc,lod by a criminal invoetigutor

6 A nruso' le an aetlon or devise lntonclod to mlsload or confu$e.

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,, ,age 25 of BBprovlously asslgned to the matter, After lislenlng to the lntervlews of theThree Women,I coplod and pa$tod the orlmlnal Investigato/B summaryof their statemen{s lnto hls own Reporl.

63. I emptoyed ruse tactlcs wlth all ftve Appollante by tolilng thery that three|ndopendenlwitnesdesstated.theysaW-repeatedlyklckandknee' lnmate'I, ancl that lnmatel borroboratsd thelr statements.

, Appellante were told that tho'7219 Forms ,ontirmea ,n.ii .u.tatneo.lnJurles consrston(wlth ths wltnesses' staternents, f was atso toldihat. three witnesses epoclflcally ldentifled hlm as tho gunner thut day, and thatoach observed Iwlhess ths entire lncldent from.ehssrvation Tower 1,None of theso staten'ronts w6rs tfu6.

64, I aho ernployecl presoure tactios, erroh as telllng Appollanb rhey shouldstop covering for oach other rf they wantod to keop their jobu,

05. Nelther the ruse nbr the plessure tactlcs causecl any oI the Appellants tochang e tfi oh' rltatenierrts.

"at06. Roepondent disrnisoeil Appellants, eft'ec'tlve at the clooe of b,slness otr June6, 201?..'l-hls appeai onsued.

cREprBt t.rIY pETFRMI,NATt0.NTho weight of Respondenfs caso rcsts almost enttrely on the statoments'of the

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6re lot oredlble because a, area for several minutes wh[e I, L f, ahd I lookod on, Under

Evldence Codo s'ssilon 780, the l"hree Womenp ropo n dera nce of evidb n ce co n trad lcte thelr testi rnony,?' , , There was no ,.0t.*t evrc.rence. ro support a flnding that rnrnats f *a*repoatedly kneed and klcked ln'tho right flanl< by a 265.pouncl CO wlth,heavy-dutyleather'toed boots. Medlcal staff exarnlnod lnrnatel four ilmei botween. noonand 0:30 p'm, 0n tho day of the inoident, ancl noted only mlnor scrapes and abraslonson his body, none of whlch appearod on the rlght flank or rlb are'a. Mulflpla plrotpgruphs

, taken the day of and the, day followlng the lnctdent revoaled n0 r6dnoss, swelling, orbruiuing in the rlght flank atea - evldonco that oxpertonced medical $taff and Appellant,suncontrovofied moclloaloxpert tistlfted thoy would expectto ses lf lnmato I fraO

,t:een repeateclly knoed and kickod. Additionally, ihur. wa. no lndlcation.that lnmatef hact troublo. nrovlng or llfflng his armi,walking,,sitting, and standing etralghi, orthat he proiecfed the right flank area * oth6I expectocl nigns of Injury to the ftank or ribu.

Morcover, other than ths Thrse women, there were no wrstesses who sawf oI anyone elee repaatedly knee or kick tnrnatsl. rqdood,r,I,I,I, I, f, and I, each of whom observed the scene7 Hvldenoe Code sectlon 780 provldes, [n relevunt part:

flcopt'ao olhorwi66,providorl hy statuto, the couri or jury nray coneldsr ln deterfitrrlng the credlbititvfi:!illi\x-+ifr,1J:1rf;i,:Hl,xt'^x1y,,1lljili,i.i,fill'::iii,l"lliu;*tn"-:l,uig:[rru,xr.testitled to by hlm....

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, pago 2Z ofgOwithln seoonds or one ts two nrlnutes of lhe Code 1 alarrn, testlfied.that theysaw fourqfficers restralnlng lnrnatelon tfie ground unii]I arflvod wlth leg reetralnts,,

Ftnalty, lnrnaie I hlmeelf never olalmed to have been repoatedly kneod or'klcksd. He eald ho falt knees on hls baok, but that'tt dld not.feel llke strlkes. l-jecomplatnod that he oould not breathe dudng the lncldsnt beoauso of the weiglrt of the.officers on hls back, and that his entlre bocly was sore aftsrward, but dld rrot polnt out ordosoibe any injuries to hts rlbs or flank area,' while it was v6ry apparent that all rhree.wornon gorrulnely bolleved theywltneesed a violent heqting, thor,$ woro slgnificarrt'discrepancles.ln what the womendoec.rlbed, For example,I said.the inerdent tqsted for 1E to 20 mlnutbs, whileI ostimatod the lncldent laeted ftve to ten minutes, I said Istoocl on ihe inmats's back, lrut npitherr norf saw thls, I and Ib'othsaidtheyeawfreprealed1ykneelnrnater,andtliensiancIupandrapoaledlyklck htm, Isaw only kicking.

Whlle the*g diaorqpancios also tond to undernrlne the crediblllty of the TlrreeWornon, Dr. Elizahet1 Loftus, a renowned export in oye witness testimony and humanmemory, testified that it ls not uncommon for eye witnesses to mlsJuclge tirno or

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Aooordlng to Dr, Loftue, howover, thore ls a strcng ltkelihood that the Three'wornen suffered msmory contaminaflon, she explalned that the memory proce$$occurs tn three ntaJor stages: (1) acqulsition (when an ovent happens.and iniflalmamory begins); (2).retontlon (lnltial rnornory fades and becornes lnfluencod Or.*n*r.factors); and, (3) retiloval (inforrriatton ls accessed fion memory to answer questio-ns orwilts a etatement), Contamlnatlon can oocur Et any polnt.du.ring tho momory procssgihowevor, the contamlnatlon ln thls case most likety occurred dUrlng the flrbt two slagoo.

During aci;ulsltlon,'txemory can be ln{luenced by roal-tinre characterizatione ancl ,.strggostlons made by otlroru at the scene, Dr, Loftus opined illiif,s cotrment,'Thls ls llke Rodney Klng0 atl ovor,' likely.influenced i'u sndls perceplonthat Appollants' rostraint of lnmate I - a decislvo, forceful physical act ln whichCOs are trutned to use ihelr lcnees and body wolgtrt to pln down an lnmato _,r,rias anlmproper sct of vlolonce. I's follow-up comrnent, "They,te.klcklng tho shlt out ofh[nT,' Iikely cernented vlslons of the Rodney King beating according to Loftus(perticularly slnce I, liko' Klng, ls Afrlcan Arnerican), and fueled tha women,ehooka oh eye. Vultness tostlmony ancl nremory, and has Wrltten over 800 poer review artlclos ttrroushouiheI careor, primorlly on human memorvend'evn wlinsss te.qttnronu -s;i;;: nnncrrrror *,1r. *.,*t--.,-ex careor, ptimorlly on hurnan mgT.ory end eyn wltnesj_tesilmony. shd rruu .,inuurteo ilil ilffiil,i*federat governmenr asencles, lnctudind rhe FBt, ctn, tns, ob.t, fid l,iisiffi;;iiil iltitffi il'il;itnees lessmony and human mernqrf, and hau tost[i."u, oirpr"xlort*rv z]-dtrn'tuu ao an export on suchmatters ln varlbtm courta of raw, Rospondent did not produdd a,"r "ifi'riio ieuiit nr, r"oftur,u iu;ii,#;. -'n ryFArry Kng wae.sn Aftioan Antorlcan constructlon workor.who, whlle on parolo for robbery, blcamenattonally kttown a{ter belng boston wlth oxceeelvo forc"Uf.to'* enS;i;, pfi;;Htrlffi l#nffi *,H*rl-l,'ff .'rg;iixffi",'J,ffi :fiti?r],$:ff :ffffi fi fl,it1***$i;*f};]p|.gsrPg io look on without lntorvonlng l.ro slop tho vl-olence, ir.'1i6mils ilbtdoitrl,'grlnrf rtrill womunloeUfled thnt the)/ vvero awero of the llodnsy kng hctdont aiiill]il".[ffi rv"nteln qilii6ln i[[*"686,0000439a


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Page 29 of 33porceptlon that tho cos qcflons were lmproper because they falled to stop areprohensibte vlolent act, a$ was the case wiih Roclney Klng.

Nolqbly, r spent very llttle tirne watohlng the incident, she acknowledgodthat sha'burled,lr+r.face in her hands and lmmodlately began orytng and, praylng..Durlng thls tirne, r ancl J made thoir comments about Rodney Klng endsovefe klcklng, such real-tlmo'charactorizatlone durlng the acquisition stago cancontaminsto . psr0sption6, cauehg witnesses io conform their rnenrbry io thecharactorlzatlon offered at the tjrne, Thrs was llkely the case herc, according to DrLoftus,' Retentlon. happens efter tho svent has taken place. Dr. Loftus explalned that

mernory contaminaliofi 00aur$ durlng reteniion when wttnessos ard pailxritod to rrearone another (alk aboul an event. Exposure 1o thls klnd of poot..ovont information cancause distortlon, suppletnentallon, or transformatton of momory because eye witneesestond to lnfluenco ancl be' irrfluenced ono another. . Dr, Loftus and I bothaol


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uaiiu r\o,'r z-u642I:, Case No. 1Z-087FPege 30 of33Women leatlfted that they recounted tho event to I sirhuhanoqusly, ono fllllng tnd0tails for the othor, such that thelr statsments wero an amnlgamation of a colleclivsmemory, Dr, Loftus oxplalned that under ih6so clrcumstancqs (rtultlple oxposures iopost'event lnformatton.Jrom othets), ihere ls,a strong likelihoocl that the witneoses did-not and could not provldo lnclependont recolloctlons beoauso they have lrreparablylnfluenoed (contamlnated) orre snother'e memories.

ln tfght of these clrcumstances and tlre overwholming evidonco suggesflng thatlnmateJ was not repeatodly kneod and kicked ln the flank, the testimony of theThreo Women is not creclible under Evldenpe Codo eeoflon Tg0., eRtNctFLE$ oF LAW.liNp ANA,I-ysts

ln a disciplinarl apPeal, the appolnting power must proVo tho ehargoo agalnst the.employeo by a proponderance of tie sviclence. (Evld. code, g115; Lyto e, Guidry(199s) $PB Deb' No. 95-09.) Respondent falled to most this burden as to all of thecharges against Appollants for flre roasons statecl above. Tho ireponderance ofevidence support* a findlng that lnmate I was not kneed or kicked on June 2$,2011,

It is worth notlng lhat tho investigatlve report on which Responclent rollodcontatnod nLlfflelous matsrlal olrors, and faiied to lncludo all oxtonuating and rnitigatingfacts hat woulcl have provided tro appolntlng authority wit'h a complole reoitation of thslaclo, as requked by PenalCodo seetlon 606b,

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Case No. 12-0880Case No, 12-0840Case No, 12-0841Case No. 1A-0M2If, Case No. 12-0876Page 31 ofSBFor example, ths Roport erroneously stated ihat all rhlee women BawI knee and klck lnmats f; lnrnato I's statement.was conslstsnt

with what the Thros women reported; and, lnmatel,s lnJurles wero lnconslsten.iwith Appellantsreiaternents that he'was not kneocl or klcked, The Report,ornitted,signiflcant mltlgating facte, lnclucllng thatl did not seo

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lnmato I; lnmate I never clalrnsd to have been kneed or klckod in theright flank or tibs; f reportod.that Istood on tho inmate; yet neitherIriorf oaw ihrsi there'is no'rnedicar or visuar evrdence of rnlury to inrnateI'e rihs or flank area; and, conhury'to well.establhhod lnvostigattvg.protoenls,the 'lhree Women were not seiparated when they gave their statomonto, but rather,wete repeatedly allowed to llsten to 0no ahothor recount the lncldent, mlslng the welt-recognized posslbillty that {helr siartements were talntedI aho testifled $rat he cltd not Intervlew AW I about.what the Threewomen told ! becausef felt lt was irnportant to intervtew the wornen htnrselfln orclor tp asse$$ credibility (based on body language and othor factors) andcotlsistenoy; yet, ho dld not lnterview the Throe Wbmen, 0r evgn watch thelr Iniorvlewson a vldeo reoording. lnstead, he listened to thelr audio-tapod interviews and thencoplecl and pasted the crlrninsl inveetigator'$ Bumrnary of the lntervlews inlo hls ownReport. To rnake mattors w.rse, tho summari'$ woro rnaccurate,

f aluo fsitod'to lnterviow numerou$ materlalwltnesso$, lnctucllng any of themedical strtff who exsrnined lnmate Ir f, who arrlved rnoments aftor tlr*0000438s


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'witnesses tostlfjed there was no nteciloal, physloal, or vtsual evidnce to.ouggest thatlnmate f wae repoatedly.kneod and'klcksd. Acoordlngly, ihe Report does not "-.,.-presoni a conrplete, thorough, or acculato doplotion of the faits.

ln light of all tho foragolng, the evlclence was insutfiolent to support any of thechargos leveled against Appellants,

gaN_0lustpN$-aruayyThore is insufflcient evldence to find that Appellants, concluct vlolatedGovernment code sectlon 10s72, ouhdivielons (d) lnoxcusable neglect of duty;(f) dishonosty; (o) willful dlsobectlence; (t) other fallure of good behsvior elilrerdurlng or outside of duty hours whlch ls of suclr a nature that it causes cilsoreditto the appolntlng autliority or the porson's employmonli and, in the case ofAppellant I h) drscourteous treatmsnt of the. pubilc 0r otheremprloyees.

2, Because Respondent falled to estsblleh cause for dlscipline, the dlsctplino foreach Appellant nrust be revokod.

PBDTRThe ohargos'of violation Of Goverrlrnent Codo rection 1g5ZZ, subdivlsions (d)

inexcusable noglect of dutvi ('fl diehonesty; (o) willful dieobodienoo; (m) dlsccturteoustrealnrent of tlre pubtic or othor omployees; and, (t) othsr failure or good behavior elthor

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durlng or outsldo of dttty hours whloh ie of suoh a nalure thet it causos dlscrEdit to theappolntlng authorlty or the pergon's employment are cllsmissod. Respondenl,edtsmlssal of Appollants-,Ilf, LII, .und I ig REVoKED, Reopond*nt shail.p,y oach Appelrant aI back,pay,beneflts, and lnterest, if any, that woulcl have accruod had each Appellant not beendlsmlssod. :

Thls ntatter is referred to the Chlef Adrninlstratlve Law Judgo, and shall be set forhearlng upon writton request of eith6r party, filod wlthtn ono year from'ths effective dateof ths Board's Declsion ln thls rnattor, in tho event tho partles are unablo to agree as tothe salary, benefits unci lntur*ut, if any, due Appellants under tho provlolons ofGovernment Corje nection 19584.DATED; Deoombor 17,7012

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