Legal Opinion

Coto v. CITIBANK FSB

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided December 14, 2006No. 05-AA-629, 05-AA-1031PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, Associate Judge:

On April 7, 2005, the Department of Employment Services (“DOES”) denied Vera Coto’s claim for unemployment benefits. Coto faxed her notice of appeal to the Office of Administrative Hearings (“OAH”) on April 11, 2005, well within the ten-day appeal period established by D.C.Code § 51 — 111(b). In a Final Order dated May 23, 2005, OAH dismissed the appeal as untimely, explaining that Coto “never filed a hard copy of the appeal document with [OAH], as required by OAH Rule 2810.2.” We reverse and remand.

I. Procedural Background

DOES found that the circumstances of Coto’s…

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