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Administrative Law Appellate Court Opinion

by Berardino, Emily

 

AC47595- Pence v. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles ("The plaintiff, Colin J. Pence, appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court rendered in favor of the defendant. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles (commissioner) dismissing his administrative appeal from the decision of the commissioner suspending his motor vehicle operator's license for forty-five days and requiring the installation of an ignition interlock device in his motor vehicle for six months pursuant to General Statutes § 14-227b (i). On appeal, the plaintiff argues that the court improperly dismissed his administrative appeal for lack of standing because he established that he is an indigent driver who does not own a motor vehicle, cannot afford a motor vehicle, and has no access to a motor vehicle in which to install an ignition interlock device, as is required by § 14-227b (i), and, therefore, there is a possibility that his legally protected interest in a motor vehicle operator's license will be adversely and unequally affected by the ignition interlock device requirement. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.")