Legal Opinion
GIRMA W. ADMASU v. 7-11 FOOD STORE 11731G/21926D
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 29, 2015No. 13-AA-1038PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Senior Judge:
Petitioner, Girma Admasu, seeks review of a Final Order issued by the Office of Administrative Hearings (“OAH”) on August 19, 2013, dismissing his appeal for lack of jurisdiction from a claim filed at the Department of Employment Services (“DOES”) denying him unemployment benefits. Admasu argues that his case meets the standard for excusable neglect and the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) abused her discretion in holding that there was no excusable neglect to warrant an extension of the fifteen-day deadline. We agree that the ALJ abused her discretion by not adequately…
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