On 22 Feb 2007 13:19:01 -0600, Dave wrote:

Answering a complaint like that is even easier. "Defendant admits he is a
resident of ___ and denies each and every other allegation of the
complaint."

Of course answering the complaint is easy. But to
even get that answer typed up and filed, someone
had to either hire an attorney, or get a staff one
assigned to their case.

Hiring an attorney to defend yourself usually
incurs expense, which may require you to explain
it to your spouse. On a state employee wage it
might even be painful.

Getting a staff attorney assigned to your case
requires a certain amount of institutional review
of the complaint, and upper management attention.
If several cases are pending against the same
employee it's not going to look good for the employee.

What are you going to do? Set it for hearing and
start working on the evidence from the witnesses.
Request production of documents for any other
complaints or disciplinary actions filed against
the employee, do a background investigation on the
employee, and schedule him and his direct
supervisor for depositions.

When that staff attorney deposes your witnesses
and finds out that you've really built a case,
that employee is going to be in a lot of trouble.

And all of the above is assuming that he isn't
guilty of some criminal offense like assault, or
official oppression which may be the case.

Don W.