Eathorne v. State Ethics Commission

OPINION BY

Judge PELLEGRINI.

Robert Eathorne (Eathorne) petitions for review of a final adjudication of the State Ethics Commission (Commission) denying his request to file an untimely filed answer nunc -pro tunc and ultimately finding that he violated Section 1103(a) of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act), 65 Pa.C.S. § 1103(a). Because the Commission had discretion to extend the filing deadline for good cause shown and good cause was shown, we vacate and remand the Commission’s decision so that it can hold an administrative hearing.

Eathorne was a member of the Western…