Carl Stowers v. Westmoreland Coal Company, Inc

Filing 920081118

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-1699

CARL A. STOWERS, Petitioner, v. WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY, INCORPORATED; DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, Respondents.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Benefits Review Board. (07-678-BLA)

Submitted:

November 13, 2008

Decided:

November 18, 2008

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Carl A. Stowers, Petitioner Pro Se. William Steele Mattingly, JACKSON KELLY, PLLC, Morgantown, West Virginia; Sean Gregory Bajkowski, Rita Ann Roppolo, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Carl A. Stowers seeks review of the Benefits Review Board's judge's decision denial of and order affirming benefits the administrative to 30 law

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§§ 901-945 (2000). Board's decision

Our review of the record discloses that the is based upon substantial evidence and is

without reversible error. review for the reasons

Accordingly, we deny the petition for stated by the Board. Stowers v.

Westmoreland Coal Co., Inc., No. 07-0678-BLA (B.R.B. Apr. 29, 2008). legal before We dispense with oral argument because the facts and contentions the court are and adequately argument presented not in aid the the materials decisional

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process. PETITION DENIED

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