Within thirty days after receipt of the administrative law judge’s order, any interested party dissatisfied with the decision may apply to the district court for a writ of certiorari. The review upon the writ may extend only to the determination of whether the administrative law judge has acted regularly and has not exceeded the administrative law judge’s jurisdiction or abused the administrative law judge’s discretion under this chapter.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 40-51.2-15

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Writ of certiorari: An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.