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RAMOS v. DEPT. OF CONSUMER & REG. AFFAIRS

No. 91-22.

601 A.2d 1069 (1992)

Nelson RAMOS, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Cohen, with whom Polly A. Myers, was on the brief, for petitioner.

Donna M. Murasky, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corporation Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Lutz Alexander Prager, Assistant Deputy Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for respondent.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and FERREN and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Petitioner, a merchant who prevailed as respondent in an administrative action brought by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA), claims the administrative law judge (ALJ) erred as a matter of law when she denied his motion for attorney's fees and punitive damages because she concluded that she did not have authority to impose such a remedy. We agree with the ALJ. The DCRA enabling statute does not authorize ALJs to grant...

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