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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

§ 42-3502

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§ 42-3502
Parent Document
Benitez v Ogden Gardens et al. Final Order, No. TP-29189 (D.C. Off. Admin. Hr'gs)
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DC (municipal)

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"the line of certificates of adjustment that can be traced back to the original 'timely' filing."
Pet'r's Resp. to Housing Provider's Submission at 6. I reject this contention because, as I
discuss below, it is Tenant who has the burden of persuasion on this issue. Moreover, as the
Court of Appeals explained in the Kennedy decision, 709 A.2d at 97, the Rental Housing Act's
statute of limitations was intended to bar the investigation of rent ceilings more than three years
before a tenant petition was filed and to treat them as "unchallengeable."