ORDERS:
ORDER DISMISSING HEARING AND REVOKING LICENSE
This matter comes before me pursuant to a motion of the Petitioner, The State of South Carolina
Department of Insurance, to declare the Respondent, William A. Turner, in default and to dismiss
and dispose the above-captioned case adverse to the Respondent.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. By my order dated May 29, 1996, the parties to this case were required to file a Prehearing
Statement within fifteen (15) days or by June 13, 1996.
2. The Petitioner filed its Agency Prehearing Statement on June 13, 1996. According to the
Certificates of Service on file, copies of both of these documents were provided to the
Respondent.
3. Although the Respondent had been given ample notice and opportunity, he only filed a
Prehearing Statement at the Court's urging on July 17, 1996, when he otherwise would have been
eighteen (18) days in default. Further, the Prehearing Statement filed was devoid of the
information sought by the Court and contained only the Respondent's dated signature, address,
and telephone number.
4. No notice of appearance or other pleading from the Respondent has been served upon or
received by the Petitioner or the Administrative Law Judge Division in response to that order.
S 5. Rule 23, Rules of Procedure for the Administrative Law Judge Division, allows an
Administrative Law Judge to dispose of a contested case adverse to a party for its failure to plead
or comply with any interlocutory order of the Administrative Law Judge.
CONCLUSION OF LAW
The Respondent is in default in this case, and the Petitioner is entitled to have this matter
dismissed and disposed of accordingly.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to my findings of fact and conclusion of law, it is
ORDERED, upon motion of the Petitioner, that this action be and is hereby dismissed, with
prejudice, and forever ended. It is
FURTHER ORDERED, that Respondent's Bail Bondsman's License is hereby revoked pursuant
to S.C. Code Ann. § 38-53-150 (Supp. 1995).
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Hon. Ralph K. Anderson, III
Administrative Law Judge
Columbia, South Carolina
__________________, 1996 |