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Committee grants license to Austin Pozaga, denies license to Malachi Daughtry after closed hearings
Summary
After private reconsideration hearings under Wisconsin law, the Judiciary Licensing Committee granted a beverage operating license to Austin Pozaga with 45 demerit points and denied a license to Malachi Daughtry, citing convictions and parole/probation conditions.
The Judiciary Licensing Committee reconvened to open session April 7, 2026, and announced outcomes from two closed reconsideration hearings.
The committee adopted findings of fact and granted a beverage operating license to Austin Pozaga. Committee members cited Pozaga’s prior convictions and a failure to list all violations on his application but noted that Pozaga’s probation agent spoke in favor of granting the license without additional conditions. The body assessed demerit points totaling 45 (20 points for failure to list convictions and 25 points for an alcohol-related violation) and then voted to grant the license. Chair (speaker S1) declared, "And so the license is granted, Mister Pozaga." The transcript contains alternate spellings of the appellant's surname; the committee record and this article use "Pozaga."
The committee also adopted findings of fact and denied a beverage operating license to Malachi Daughtry. The committee cited convictions the body described as substantially related to the licensed activity, including manufacture and delivery of THC and disorderly conduct, and noted that Daughtry did not list all convictions on his application. The applicant’s probation agent’s written or stated conditions include a prohibition on working at bars, taverns, liquor stores or beer tents whose primary purpose is the sale of alcohol; the committee relied on those parole/probation constraints in denying the license and assessed demerit points as recorded in the meeting. The motion to deny carried after members voiced approval.
Both hearings were held in closed session under Wisconsin Stat. ch. 19.85(1)(f) and 19.85(1)(a), statutes the committee cited as authorizing closed deliberations concerning personal histories and quasi‑judicial matters. The committee did not record individual roll-call votes in the transcript; members expressed their approval verbally by saying "aye."
The committee moved on to other business and adjourned after hearing no items for future agendas.
