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Peabody Coal Company (ALJ decision, September 18, 1985)

Peabody Coal Company (FMSHRC LAKE 85-34-D): Discrimination complaint withdrawn and dismissed

Decision type
ALJ decision
Docket
LAKE 85-34-D
Decided
September 18, 1985
Presiding judge
Joseph B. Kennedy
Outcome
Procedural
Precedential status
Final order, not precedent
Checked against source
2026-08-27
Official source
Read the official release (fmshrc.gov)
PDF
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Currency note: this decision dates from 1985
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Final ALJ decision, not Commission precedent
This decision became final under the 40-day rule in 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1) because no later Commission review appears in the official index. It binds the parties but is not Commission precedent. The full text below is from the official FMSHRC release.
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Plain-English summary

Charles J. Ellett asked to withdraw his discrimination complaint against Peabody Coal Company. Judge Joseph B. Kennedy granted the request and dismissed the matter. The judge also vacated and canceled the hearing scheduled for October 2, 1985, in Beckley, West Virginia. The order does not address the merits of the complaint.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standard(s): None stated in the order.
  • Outcome: The discrimination complaint was withdrawn and dismissed, and the scheduled hearing was canceled.
  • Key point: The ALJ ended the proceeding after granting the complainant's withdrawal request.

Full text (FMSHRC public release)

CCASE:
CHARLES J. ELLETT, v. PEABODY COAL
DDATE:
19850918
TTEXT:

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Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Office of Administrative Law Judges

CHARLES J. ELLETT,
DISCRIMINATION PROCEEDING
COMPLAINANT
v. Docket No. LAKE 85-34-D

PEABODY COAL COMPANY,
MARISSA CD 85-2
RESPONDENT

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Before: Judge Kennedy

For good cause shown, it is ORDERED that complainant's request to withdraw the captioned discrimination complaint be, and hereby is, GRANTED and the matter DISMISSED. It is FURTHER ORDERED that the notice of hearing for Wednesday, October 2, 1985, in Beckley, West Virginia is VACATED and the hearing CANCELED.

Joseph B. Kennedy
Administrative Law Judge

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