the terminal date set by the ALJ and neither Boeing nor the Fund had requested an extension under K.S.A. 44-523(b). See Bushey v. Plastic Fabricating Co., 213 Kan. 121, 125- 26, 515 P.2d 735 (1973) (noting that continuances may be granted so that parties may be heard). The lateness of these ietters, however, does not alter the language of K.S.A. 44-523(c) that all parties must have submitted the case to the ALJ before the 30-day period begins. It is worth noting that Bradford’s submission letter was also late and no request for an extension appears in the record. The ALJ is not bound by technical rules of procedure. K.S.A. 44-523(a); Armstrong, 21 Kan. App. 2d at 758; see also Bahr v. Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., 8 Kan. App. 2d 627, 634, 663 P.2d 1144, rev. denied 233 Kan. 1091 (1983) (<HOLDING>). Bradford does not demonstrate that the
holding lack of prejudice to the defendant is not good cause holding in a case where it was not clear whether the plaintiff suffered prejudice from the lack of notice that a plaintiff could not obtain reinstatement based on lack of notice holding that an assertion of prejudice is not a showing of prejudice holding that lack of notice regarding the classification of the disability did not prejudice the respondent holding that where the defendant challenges the use of documents purporting to establish the washington classification of an outofstate conviction the state must present additional evidence of the proper classification so as to carry its burden of proving the defendants criminal history by a preponderance of the evidence