Tenant Petitions
Gabe Fineman
2016 petition for meaning of Rent Charged
- 2016 Tenant Petition by Gabe Fineman for proper definition of Rent
- Request for Summary Judgment in 2016 Tenant Petition
- Objection to Request for Summary Judgment by Equity
- Reply to Objection
- Ruling by OAH
- >Notice of Appeal of the Ruling
- >Brief on Appeal
- >Brief by Equity on Appeal
- >Hearing before Rental Housing Commission (recording)
- >Decision of Rental Housing Commission 2018-01-18
- >Equity Motion to Reconsider RHC Decision 2018-02-06
- >Time extended to answer
- >Reply to Motion to Reconsider 2018-02-22
- >Decision of RHC Reconsidering and strengthening decision
- » Appeal by Equity to DC Court of Appeals (DCCA)
- Move by Equity in OAH to Stay Reconsideration
- Reply to Motion to Stay
- Order Saying No Authority to Reconsider During Appeal
- » Notice of Tenant to Intervene in DCCA case
- » Order by DCCA to produce the record
- » Motion by Tenant to dismiss Appeal so OAH could proceed
- » Equity Motion to retain Appeal
- » DCCA Order dismissing Appeal
- Tenant Motion for Summary Judgment on Remand
- Scheduling Order
- GDL Withdrawal from representing Equity
- Equity Opposition to Tenant Motion for Summary Judgment
- Tenant Reply to Equity Opposition
- OAH Order Dismissing the Case
- >Equity Notice of Appeal
- >Fineman
Notice of Appeal
- >Fineman Appeal Brief
- >Equity Opposition to Fineman Appeal Brief
- >Hearing
before the RHC 2019-07-17 (Recording - 40M)
2019 petition for refund
of rent - Withdrawn
- 2019 Tenant Petition by Gabe Fineman for refund of overpaid rent
- Case Management Order
- Equity Motion to Dismiss Case
- Fineman Motion to Withdraw Petition
- Order by OAH Dismissing Petition
- 2016 Tenant Petition by Harry Gurell on Concession Leases
- Request for Summary Judgment by Equity
- Opposition by Harry Gural
- Reply by Equity
- Reply to reply by Harry Gural
- Cross Request for Summary Judgment by Harry Gural
- Cross Motion - Exhibits A to Z
- Cross Motion - Exhibits AA-EE
- Equity Brief Regarding Latches (requested by Judge)
- Reply on Latches by Harry Gural
- Ruling by the OAH
- >Appeal_Brief_by_Harry
- >Hearing before Rental Housing Commission (recording)
- >Decision of the Rental Housing Commission
The Process:
A Tenant Petition is filed with the Rent Administrator who forwards it to the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) where an administrative law judge gets briefs (legal arguments and written evidence) and usually holds a hearing. The OAH then issues a final order.
The final order from the OAH can be appealed to the Rental Housing Commission (RHC), that consists of its three judges. The RHC also gets briefs and holds a single hour long hearing and then issues its decision that can over rule all or part of the final decision from the OAH. The case is usually remanded (sent back) to the OAH to reconsider its initial final order in light of the changes made by the RHC decision. The OAH then issues a new final order that you may also have to appeal.
When the case is final, the decision of the RHC can be appealed to the DC Court of Appeals (DCCA) that will get its own briefs and issue its own ruling that can apply to both the RHC and to the OAH. It rarely overturns the RHC decision.
KEY:
no initial symbol is a document from the proceedings of the OAH
> is a document from an appeal to the RHC
» is a document from an appeal to the DC Court of Appeals