Yeah, Paul did not "request that an administrative error be corrected."
Act 16:37 But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out."
Paul refused a direct order from a government official, and demanded an apology... YES, he bad mouthed an unjust government.