Rhonda K. Oliver v. Department Of Finance

Supreme Court of Louisiana
May 29, 2025
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
RHONDA K. OLIVER
VS.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
No. 2025-C-00338
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IN RE
: Department of Finance - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Writ Of
Certiorari, City Civil Service Commission Orleans Number(s) 9556, Court of
Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Number(s) 2024-CA-0290;
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May 29, 2025
Writ application granted. See per curiam.
Hughes, J., would deny.
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05/29/2025 "See News Release 025 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 2025-C-00338
RHONDA K. OLIVER
VS.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
On Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit,
PER CURIAM
Writ Granted and made peremptory . It is undisputed the employee in
question was not a regular employee as she had yet to complete the working test
period. See Civil Service Rule I, § 1 (64). As noted by both the Commission and
the court of appeal, Civil Service Rule II, § 4.1 only allows a regular employee to
appeal to the Commission. Probationary employees have no right to appeal outside
of certain, specific exceptions. Both the Commission and the court of appeal found
the employee in question failed to claim or argue a proper exception. Therefore,
the court of appeal erred by improperly expanding the jurisdiction of the
Commission to hear the employee’s appeal. The court of appeal further erred in
creating a remedy where none was provided by law. We therefore reverse the
court of appeal and reinstate the Commission’s ruling.