of the COPN to NVCH, a decision that was the subject of judicial review and is finally concluded. Any judicial review afforded a party aggrieved in this case, cannot rely on a record from another case decision. Moreover, as counsel for the defendants have observed, any final decision relative to the issuance of the COPN to NVCH would, by reason of the doctrine of collateral estoppel, bar litigation of factual determinations essential to the final judgment in the prior proceeding. Thus, “[t]he doctrine of collateral estoppel precludes the same parties to a prior proceeding from litigating in a subsequent proceeding any issue of fact that was actually litigated and essential to a final judgment in the first proceeding.” Loudoun Hosp. Center v. Stroube, 50 Va. App. 478, 492 (2007) (<HOLDING>) (authority omitted). Those facts upon which
holding issuance of administrative complaint to initiate proceedings not final agency action recognizing the doctrine may apply to an administrative proceeding relating to issuance of copn holding doctrine of collateral estoppel may apply to unconfirmed arbitration award recognizing doctrine holding that an administrative agency is not subject to a contempt proceeding for failure to comply with an order