Knudsen

Filed 4/4/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

ERIC BEAN KNUDSEN,

F085992

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Kern Super. Ct. v. No. BCV-22-100422)

DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES et al.,

OPINION

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Kern County. Thomas S. Clark, Judge. Middlebrook & Associates, Richard O. Middlebrook, and Gabrielle A. Burnett for Plaintiff and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Chris A. Knudsen, Gary S. Balekjian, and Kaprisha L. Vallecillo, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents. -ooOoo- This appeal involves the suspension of plaintiff and appellant Eric Bean Knudsen’s (“Knudsen”) driver’s license from an administrative per se (APS) hearing. A hearing officer for respondent Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”) concluded that Knudsen had driven his car with a blood-alcohol content (BAC) of 0.08 percent or greater. Knudsen challenged the hearing officer’s decision through a writ of mandate in the Kern County Superior Court. The writ of mandate was denied, and the suspension sustained, by the trial…