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Sandry v. Iowa Public Employment Relations Board
Sunny Sandry, Plaintiff-Appellant,
vs.
Iowa Public Employment Relations Board, Defendant-Appellee,
and
Iowa Department of Administrative Services, Intervenor.
Attorney for Appellant
Charles Gribble and Christopher Stewart
Attorney for Appellee Iowa Public Employment Relations Board
John R. Lundquist, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for Appellee Iowa Department of Administrative Services
David M. Ranscht, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, David Nelmark, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Greer, P.J., and Schumacher and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by Greer, P.J. (18 pages)
Sunny Sandry appeals the district court’s decision on judicial review affirming the Iowa Public Employment Relations Board’s (PERB) ruling finding just cause to support her termination from employment with the Iowa Department of Transportation. OPINION HOLDS: The standard of review here is for whether the agency’s application of law to fact was irrational, illogical, or wholly unjustifiable. Applying that standard of review, we find that substantial evidence supports the finding that Sandry’s took money from the state and therefore just cause existed for her termination. As the appellee, PERB did not waive its arguments on appeal by joining in intervenor Department of Administrative Services’s brief, and we affirm.
