Opinion
Appellate Case No. 2011-187286 Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-546
10-03-2012
Elizabeth Gail Whitfield, Appellant, v. South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent.
William Norman Epps, III, Epps, Nelson, & Epps, of Anderson, for Appellant. Celeste Moore, South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.
THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
Appeal From Richland County
Shirley C. Robinson, Administrative Law Court Judge
AFFIRMED
William Norman Epps, III, Epps, Nelson, & Epps, of
Anderson, for Appellant.
Celeste Moore, South Carolina Department of Social
Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM : The Department of Social Services suspended and then terminated Elizabeth Whitfield's employment. The state employee grievance committee upheld those actions and denied Whitfield's subsequent request for reconsideration. The administrative law court affirmed the committee's decisions. We find that substantial evidence supports the ALC's decision and that it was not affected by an error of law. Therefore, we affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-610(B) (Supp. 2011) (providing this court may reverse the ALC's decision if, among other things, it is "clearly erroneous in view of the reliable, probative, and substantial evidence on the whole record" or was affected by an error of law); Bell v. S.C. Dep't of Corr., 397 S.C. 320, 329, 724 S.E.2d 675, 680 (2012) (applying subsection 1-23-610(B) in an employee grievance appeal); Risher v. S.C. Dep't of Health & Envtl. Control, 393 S.C. 198, 204, 712 S.E.2d 428, 431 (2011) (stating that under subsection 1-23-610(B), a decision of the ALC should be upheld "if it is supported by substantial evidence in the record").