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In re Woods (agency decision, January 30, 2019)

In re Woods (DOL ARB 2018-0079): case dismissed after no show-cause response

Decision type
agency decision
Dockets
ARB 2018-0079, ALJ 2017-BLA-5558
Decided
January 30, 2019
Outcome
Procedural
Precedential status
Citable agency precedent
Checked against source
2026-09-06
Official source
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Final ARB decision
This decision is a final action of the Administrative Review Board under 29 C.F.R. § 26.1(b), which provides that the Board acts as fully and finally as the Secretary of Labor for matters within its authority. The Board dismissed the case after the complainant did not respond to its show-cause order.
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Plain-English summary

The Board issued Woodson Woods, Jr. an order to show cause on December 18, 2018. The order gave him 20 days to explain why the case should not be dismissed. The Board received no response. It therefore dismissed the case. The one-page order does not describe the underlying claim or give any other reason for dismissal.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited authority: No statute or regulation is cited in the order.
  • Outcome: Case dismissed after no response to the show-cause order.
  • Key point: Failure to respond within the Board's 20-day show-cause period resulted in dismissal.

Full text (DOL official public release)

U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20210

  IN THE MATTER OF:


  WOODSON WOODS, JR.,                                 ARB CASE NO. 2018-0079

                  COMPLAINANT.                        ALJ CASE NO. 2017-BLA-05558

                                                      DATE: January 30, 2019


  BEFORE:         THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD


                               ORDER OF DISMISSAL

         On December 18, 2018, an Order to Show Cause was issued allowing Complainant
  20 days to show cause why this case should not be dismissed. No response to the Show
  Cause Order has been filed. Accordingly, this case is DISMISSED.


  FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD:



  William T. Barto
  Chief, Administrative Appeals Judge

USDOL/OALJ REPORTER PAGE 1

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