Lane v. CaliforniaState Teachers Retirement System
Appellant Richard R. Lane appeals from the trial courts order denying his petition for writ of mandate. Lane is a retired public school teacher. He taught at various times in a number of different school and community college districts as well as at San Jose State University. At retirement in 2002, he was a concurrent member of the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), the agency responsible for managing contributions by employees and member school districts to the State Teachers Retirement Fund, and the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), having contributed to and becoming a member of both systems over the course of his working life. Through his petition in the trial court, he sought to compel CalSTRS to recalculate his monthly pension from that system based on his highest annual compensation earned over a single year rather than on the average of his three highest-paying years. He further challenged CalSTRSs calculation of his sick-leave service credit, which also factored into the formula used to calculate his monthly pension benefit. Lane reprises these challenges on appeal and further claims that he was deprived of due process by the manner in which CalSTRS adjudicated his claim. Finding no error, Court affirm the order.
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