I received a parking ticket in Washington, DC. I made my first appeal to have the ticket dismissed but it was denied by the hearing officer. So I appealed the hearing officers decision to the traffic appeals board. The traffic appeals board reversed the decision of the hearing officer. The whole process took nearly 7 months, many hours of research, and a lot of my private time.
After receiving the ruling from the appeals board which reversed the initial decision, I sent the Director a motion requesting compensation for the time and effort I had to spend to prove that I was not subject to receiving the ticket. I pointed out that had the hearing officer followed proper procedures that he would have come to the same decision as the traffic appeals board came to, and because the hearing officer did not do his job it caused me to labor in order to settle the issue. I also pointed out that every person involved from the ticket writer, hearing officer, appeal board members even the Director was being compensated for their time to deal with this issue that they brought against me.
The Director replied back to my request stating there is no legal reason for the DMV to have to compensate me for my time, labor and efforts.
My question is what legal argument or charge should I file against the DMV in order to receive compensation for my time? What if I had hired an attorney to do what I did, would I be able to file for compensation for attorney fees?
Thx.
After receiving the ruling from the appeals board which reversed the initial decision, I sent the Director a motion requesting compensation for the time and effort I had to spend to prove that I was not subject to receiving the ticket. I pointed out that had the hearing officer followed proper procedures that he would have come to the same decision as the traffic appeals board came to, and because the hearing officer did not do his job it caused me to labor in order to settle the issue. I also pointed out that every person involved from the ticket writer, hearing officer, appeal board members even the Director was being compensated for their time to deal with this issue that they brought against me.
The Director replied back to my request stating there is no legal reason for the DMV to have to compensate me for my time, labor and efforts.
My question is what legal argument or charge should I file against the DMV in order to receive compensation for my time? What if I had hired an attorney to do what I did, would I be able to file for compensation for attorney fees?
Thx.