Sonja Alvarez, Appellant v. State of Alaska, Department of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the 90-day suspension of Alvarez’s driver’s license despite the approximately 31-month delay between her arrest and administrative hearing. It held that speedy-trial limits do not apply to civil license-suspension proceedings, and that the delay did not violate due process or constitute arbitrary and capricious agency action. The court also upheld the hearing officer’s decisions to conduct the proceeding telephonically, deny subpoenas, limit evidence concerning the initial traffic stop, continue the hearing to obtain the arresting officer’s testimony, and disregard Alvarez’s intervening good driving record.