WAC 260-08-677. Exhaustion of administrative remedies

A person may file a petition for judicial review only after exhausting all administrative remedies available within the commission, pursuant to RCW 34.05.534 . Administrative remedies at the WHRC consist of commission hearings. The court may relieve a petitioner of the requirements to exhaust any or all administrative remedies upon a showing that: (1) The remedies would be patently inadequate; (2) The exhaustion would be futile; or (3) The grave irreparable harm that would result from having to exhaust administrative remedies would clearly outweigh the public policy requiring exhaustion of administrative remedies.