ORDERS:
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
This matter is before me pursuant to a request for a contested case hearing filed by Anthony
Reynolds on November 18, 2004. On December 22, 2004, I issued an Order for Prehearing Statements in
which each party was given thirty (30) days to submit their Prehearing Statement. Pursuant to that Order,
the Orangeburg County Assessor timely submitted its Prehearing Statement but Petitioner did not. By
letter dated February 7, 2005, Petitioner was granted an additional ten (10) days to submit his Prehearing
Statement. As of the date of this Order of Dismissal, this office has received no contact, either verbally or
in writing, from Petitioner or anyone representing Petitioner. Furthermore, no correspondence has been
returned to the Administrative Law Court (ALC or Court) as “unclaimed.”
Based on the foregoing, this action is dismissed pursuant to ALC Rule 23, with prejudice. Rule
23 provides:
The administrative law judge may dismiss a contested case or dispose of a contested case
adverse to the defaulting party. A default occurs when a party fails to plead or otherwise
prosecute or defend, fails to appear at a hearing without the proper consent of the judge
or fails to comply with any interlocutory order of the administrative law judge. Any non-defaulting party may move for an order dismissing the case or terminating it adversely to
the defaulting party.
Because Petitioner has failed to filed his Prehearing Statement and has not otherwise contacted this
tribunal as of the issuance of this Order,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is dismissed with prejudice.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Ralph King Anderson, III
Administrative Law Judge
February 24, 2005
Columbia, South Carolina |
