Gardziella v. City of Chicago

Plaintiff Sigfried Gardziella filed a pro se complaint in the trial court to obtain administrative review of a decision of the City of Chicago department of administrative hearings pursuant to the Administrative Review Law (735 ILCS 5/3 — 101 et seq. (West 2000)). Defendant City of Chicago department of buildings had obtained a default judgment of $19,550 on its complaint for building code violations on plaintiffs property, a two-unit residence. An administrative law officer (ALO) refused to set aside the default because plaintiffs motion to set aside the default was not filed within 21 days…