Civil litigation and due process

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I have a question regarding a retail license being summary suspended. An expedited hearing was sheduled for 8 months after isssuance of a summary suspension. The accusation is selling synthetic cannabinoids

The issue is the business cant make any money to survive 8 months. This would default judgement concluding illegal sale of synthetics, which means a felony. They they have admitted they have no evidence in discovery that supported the sale used in inititial suspension. No cited time. Video etc. Just allegation used as fact.

Well im innocent and its clear as day. But i cant afford to fight this, im already 4 months 100k into 5 lawyers and our defense is solid but the conpany cant run the licenses and facilities for another 4 months, assuming zero extensions and immediate decision which isnt likely(other cases taking over a year for a desicion)

So i guess what im asking is, how do i have due process and a fair hearing when i cant afford to prove my innocence cause id lose everything if i could even make it there and even if i did prove myself id still have to reopen and regain everything which took me 7 years of operations

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A license of any kind is administrative. Before you can get into civil court, you typically must exhaust all administrative remedies, including appeals if possible. It sucks, I understand, but this is how the courts manage their caseloads, by keeping everything administrative separate.

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answer, you dont have due process unless you decide to be your own lawyer and learn how to work the system yourself. otherwise the lawyers always have a financial incentive no matter what and that works against you in 99% of cases. been thru a 3+ year 250k+ lawsuit was right every step of the way, had enough cash flow to float it but in the end settled for what I thought was fair rather than to take it to trial and try to get more. We would of won, but the system is so bad, I just needed to move on with my life. 3 years of life wasted