Bayles v. North Dakota Department of Transportation

McEVERS, Justice.

[¶ 1] The North Dakota Department of Transportation appeals from a district court judgment reversing the administrative hearing officer’s decision suspending Neil Bayles’ driving privilege for ninety-one days because the Department failed to timely file the hearing transcript within the twenty-day period under N.D.C.C. § 89-20-06. We reverse, concluding the district court erred as a matter of law by summarily reversing the hearing officer’s decision based on statutory noncompliance and because Bayles failed to show prejudice caused by the claimed delay or demonstrate the…