A man has dropped his lawsuit against Los Angeles County in which he alleged he was wrongfully discharged from his probationary firefighter position in 2022 based on a false finding that he tested positive for methamphetamine in his bloodstream.

Joseph Allen contended in his Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that he took amphetamines for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and that he never took methamphetamine. Allen also maintained that he was chided on the job for fatigue and other side effects he suffered from ADHD and that some colleagues called him “Sleepy Joe.”

On Thursday, Allen’s attorneys filed court papers with Judge Virginia Keeny asking that his suit be dismissed “with prejudice,” meaning it cannot be refiled. The court papers do not state if a settlement was reached o

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