Franklin Basnight v. Ceres Marine Terminals, Inc.

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 12-0108 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999157622]. Mailed to: Franklin Basnight. [13-1137]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-1137

FRANKLIN BASNIGHT,
Petitioner,
v.
CERES MARINE TERMINALS, INC.; DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS’
COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Benefits Review Board
(BRB-1: 12-0108).

Submitted:

June 26, 2013

Decided:

July 24, 2013

Before SHEDD and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Franklin Basnight, Petitioner Pro Se.
Lawrence P. Postol,
SEYFARTH SHAW, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kathleen Kim, Mark A.
Reinhalter, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Washington, D.C.,
for Respondents.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Franklin Basnight seeks review of the Benefits Review
Board’s

decision

judge’s

denial

and
of

order

affirming

modification

the

of

an

administrative
award

of

law

longshore

disability benefits pursuant to 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950 (2006), and
subsequent decision denying reconsideration.
record

discloses

that

substantial

we

deny

Board’s

and

evidence

Accordingly,

the

is

Basnight’s

Our review of the

decision

without
motion

is

based

reversible
to

proceed

upon
error.

in

forma

pauperis and deny the petition for review for the reasons stated
by the Board.

Basnight v. Ceres Marine Terminals, Inc., BRB No.

12-0108 (B.R.B. Sept. 25, 2012; Dec. 19, 2012).

We dispense

with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately

presented

in

the

materials

before

this

court

and

argument would not aid the decisional process.

PETITION DENIED

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