Ryan-Lanigan v. Bureau of Real Estate

Opinion

MURRAY, J.

—California’s Bureau of Real Estate (the Bureau) revoked the real estate salesperson’s license of Peggie Anne Ryan-Lanigan due to her conviction of misdemeanor hit and run (Veh. Code, § 20002, subd. (a)) on a no contest plea. Ryan-Lanigan petitioned the Sacramento Superior Court for a writ of administrative mandamus (Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5) on the ground that, before the Bureau revoked her license, the superior court where her plea was entered (the criminal court) set aside her misdemeanor conviction nunc pro tunc, allowed her to withdraw her plea and plead to a basic…