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Facts

• The Plaintiff appealed from an order denying her motions to set aside a decision by an administrative law judge related to her termination and the subsequent fifteen-month delay before the tribunal's hearing. The Plaintiff argued that this delay violated her due process rights and entitled her to a default judgment (para 3).

Procedural History

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Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff-Appellant: Argued that the fifteen-month delay between filing her administrative appeal following her termination and the tribunal’s hearing constituted a violation of her due process rights and entitled her to a default judgment (para 3).
• Defendants-Appellees: Filed a memorandum in opposition to the Plaintiff's appeal, although specific arguments are not detailed in the provided text (para 1).

Legal Issues

• Whether the fifteen-month delay between the filing of the Plaintiff's administrative appeal and the tribunal’s hearing constituted a violation of her due process rights and entitled her to a default judgment (para 3).

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the order denying the Plaintiff's motions to set aside the decision by an administrative law judge (para 6).

Reasons

• Per J. MILES HANISEE, with concurrence from Judges LINDA M. VANZI and KRISTINA BOGARDUS, the Court found that not all delays constitute due process violations. The Court remained unpersuaded that the fifteen-month delay in this case was egregious enough or that the Plaintiff suffered any particularized prejudice from the delay to warrant a violation of due process rights. The Court also considered and rejected various out-of-state authorities cited by the Plaintiff in support of her argument. Furthermore, the Court found the Plaintiff's "alternate" arguments, related to the circumstances under which her motion for default judgment was denied by the administrative law judge, to be predicated upon her larger due process argument, which the Court had already determined lacked merit. The Court concluded that further analysis was not warranted, citing a failure in the memorandum in opposition to explain how any sub-arguments could present viable issues given the determination that the principle argument lacks merit (paras 3-5).