ALJDEC decisions subject to certification as final
2024A-10773-RFA-LS-ROC · Registrar of Contractors · 2025-10-15
IN THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
Ronald Edwin Pitt,
COMPLAINANT
v.
Daniel Joseph Oconnor
DBA: DOC Welding and Fab
License No. ROC 339199,
RESPONDENT
No. 2024A-10773-RFA-LS-ROC
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
JUDGE DECISION
HEARING: September 24, 2025
APPEARANCES:
Complainant: Ronald Pitt
Respondent: No Appearance
Registrar of Contractors: Charles Hover III, Assistant Attorney General
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE: Nedra-Su Kawasaki
EXHIBITS ADMITTED INTO EVIDENCE: No exhibits admitted.
FINDINGS OF FACT
At the request of Respondent, the above-captioned matter was set to convene for hearing at 9:00 a.m. on September 24, 2025, at the Office of Administrative Hearings in Phoenix, Arizona via Google Meet.
The Notice of Hearing was mailed and emailed to both parties at their respective postal and electronic addresses of record. An Order detailing the Google Meet connection information and instructions was emailed to both parties at their respective electronic addresses. No mail, postal nor electronic, was returned as undeliverable for either party.
No representative for Respondent appeared or contacted the Office of Administrative Hearings by 9:15 a.m. and consequently, the matter was not convened and no evidence was taken.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
The burden of proof at an administrative hearing falls to the party asserting a claim, right or entitlement and the standard of proof on all issues in this matter is by a preponderance of the evidence. In the instant matter, Respondent bears the burden of proof to establish that the proposed payout from the Fund was incorrect by a preponderance of the evidence.
Because Respondent failed to appear and prosecute the appeal, the appeal was unsupported by evidence. Consequently, Respondent’s appeal should be dismissed.
ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that Respondent’s appeal is dismissed.
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, October 15, 2025.
/s/ Nedra-Su Kawasaki
Administrative Law Judge
Transmitted by either mail, e-mail, or facsimile to:
Tom Cole, Director
Registrar of Contractors
Daniel Joseph Oconnor
DOC Welding and Fab
DBA: DOC Welding and Fab
[email redacted]
Ronald Edwin Pitt
[email redacted]
Registrar of Contractors
[email redacted]
By: OAH Staff