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2024A-06904-RFA-LS-ROC · Registrar of Contractors · 2025-07-14

IN THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

Blaine Mchone,

COMPLAINANT

v.

Victory Contracting LLC

License No. ROC 321316,

RESPONDENT

No. 2024A-06904-RFA-LS-ROC

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE DECISION

HEARING: June 27, 2027

APPEARANCES: The Arizona Registrar of Contractors was represented by Assistant Attorney General Charles S. Hover III. Cruz Sandoval appeared on behalf of Respondent Victory Contracting LLC.

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE: Adam D. Stone

EXHIBITS ADMITTED INTO EVIDENCE:

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FINDINGS OF FACT

The Registrar of Contractors (Registrar) issued a Notice and Order of Recovery Fund Ineligibility on April 8, 2025.

Complainant timely appealed and the Registrar issued a Notice of Hearing on May 16, 2025.

On May 21, 2025, the tribunal issued an Order containing the Google Meet information to connect to the hearing.

Complainant failed to appear at the hearing. The tribunal waited 15 minutes beyond the scheduled start time, but no one appeared for Complainant.

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

By failing to appear at the hearing, Complainant did not meet the burden to present evidence in support of the its appeal. See A.A.C. R2-19-119.

RECOMMENDED ORDER

Based on the foregoing, it is recommended that on the effective date of the Registrar of Contractors’ Order, Complainant’s appeal be dismissed, and the Notice and Order of Recovery Fund Ineligibility be affirmed.

In the event of certification of the Administrative Law Judge Decision by the Director of the Office of Administrative Hearings, the effective date of the Order will be forty (40) days from the date of that certification.

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-137160-45720000Done this day, July 14, 2025.

/s/ Adam D. Stone

Administrative Law Judge

Transmitted by either mail, e-mail, or facsimile to:

Tom Cole, Director

Registrar of Contractors

Blaine Mchone

[email redacted]

Victory Contracting LLC

1210 W Alameda Dr Ste 111

Tempe, AZ 85282

[email redacted]

Charles S. Hover, III

Office of the Attorney General

[email redacted]

[email redacted]

By: OAH Staff