OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The attorney for the state of Oklahoma's chief medical examiner says the fired official plans to file suit to get his job back.

Attorney Scott Adams' comments were in reaction to Friday's decision by the state Board of Medicolegal Investigations to fire Dr. Collie M. Trant. The board voted 5-0 after meeting in closed session for about an hour.

The 61-year-old Trant had been on the job less than nine months. He was placed on paid leave last Monday for unspecified reasons.

Board members have not said why Trant was fired. Trant did not attend Friday's meeting.