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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 39323 GORDON RAVENSCROFT, ) ) Petitioner-Respondent, ) ) v. ) ) BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO, a county ) ) Organized under the laws of the State of Idaho; BOARD OF COUNTY ) COMMISSIONERS FOR BOISE COUNTY; ) ) JAMES A. ANDERSON, TERRY C. DAY, ) ROBERT A. FRY, COMMISSIONERS; CHERESE D. MCCLAIN, Deputy County ) Prosecutor; and John Does I-X, ) ) Respondents-Appellants. )

Boise, February 2013 Term 2013 Opinion No. 57 Filed: May 13, 2013 Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk

Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Boise County. Hon. Patrick H. Owen, District Judge. The district court's determination is affirmed. Michael Kane Associates, Boise, for appellants. Michael J. Kane argued. Mimura & Associates, PLLC, Boise, for respondent. Susan L. Mimura argued. __________________________________ BURDICK, Chief Justice This is a permissive appeal of the district court's denial of the Board of Commissioners for Boise County's ("the Board") motion to dismiss Gordon Ravenscroft's petition for judicial review. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On May 11, 2011, Gordon Ravenscroft filed a Petition for Judicial Review against Boise County, its Board of Commissioners, and other individual defendants. The petition sought review of the Board's final decision terminating Ravenscroft's employment. The petition

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claimed Ravenscroft was denied his constitutional right to due process, the board acted outside the bounds of its authority, and his firing was arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion. In response, the Board filed a motion to dismiss arguing that the district court was without jurisdiction to hear an appeal of a county personnel determination. The district court determined that it had jurisdiction over the Board's decision to terminate Ravenscroft because the decision was an "action" under I.C.

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