With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". also provides that “[t]he burden of proof in hearings held under this section is on the appropriate county agency.” In Zawacki v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 745 A.2d 701 (Pa.Cmwlth.2000), the Department argued that the trial court had discretion to dismiss the statutory appeal for the sake of judicial efficiency when the licensee failed to appear at the scheduled hearing to prosecute his appeal. Finding no controlling authority on the issue, the Court relied on the “practice rule” under Rule 218(b)(1) and (c) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, Pa. R.C.P. No. 218(b)(1) and (c), while recognizing that the rules of civil procedure do not apply to a statutory appeal. See Knopsnider v. Derry Twp. Bd. of Supervisors, 725 A.2d 245 (Pa.Cmwlth.1999) (<HOLDING>). Rule 218(b)(1) and (c) permits a plaintiff to

A: holding that preclusion rules apply in 1983 actions
B: holding that under pa rcp no 1007 the rules of civil procedure apply only to actions brought by a praecipe for a writ of summons or a complaint not to a statutory appeal
C: holding that by vesting jurisdiction of gtla actions in circuit court where the tennessee rules of civil procedure applied the legislature intended to allow the tennessee rules of civil procedure to apply to gtla actions
D: holding discovery rules apply to civil forfeiture proceedings
B.