Karika v. District of Columbia

For the third time since this appeal was noted appellant seeks relief from her own default in bringing the appeal to hearing.

The first default occurred last November when appellant permitted the time to expire for filing Designation of Record and Statement of Errors and then, some three weeks later, moved for leave to file such papers. The District of Columbia opposed the extension and filed a formal motion to docket and dismiss the appeal. We de-dined to dismiss the appeal and granted appellant an extension of more than two weeks to file the Designation of Record and Statement of Errors.…