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FMSHRC ALJ decision Docket WEVA 91-1772-D Decided August 30, 1991 Procedural Judge Avram Weisberger

Consolidation Coal Company

Ronald Lee Shriver v. Consolidation Coal Company (FMSHRC WEVA 91-1772-D): Discrimination complaint dismissed with prejudice

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This decision by a FMSHRC Administrative Law Judge became the final decision of the Commission 40 days after issuance because the Commission did not direct review (30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1)). It binds the parties but is not binding on the Commission in other cases. The full text below is from the official FMSHRC release.
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Plain-English summary

Ronald Lee Shriver asked to withdraw his discrimination complaint against Consolidation Coal Company. Judge Avram Weisberger granted the motion and dismissed the case with prejudice. The order does not identify a mine safety standard or assess a civil penalty.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standards: None stated in this order.
  • Outcome: The discrimination proceeding was dismissed with prejudice.
  • Key point: The ALJ granted the complainant's motion to withdraw and ended the case.

Full text (FMSHRC public release)

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Office of Administrative Law Judges
2 Skyline, 10th Floor
5203 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, Virginia 22041

RONALD LEE SHRIVER, DISCRIMINATION PROCEEDING
COMPLAINANT
v. Docket No. WEVA 91-1772-D
MORG CD 91-02
CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY,
RESPONDENT Osage No. 3 Mine

                             ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Before: Judge Weisberger

 Complainant's Motion to Withdraw Complaint and to Dismiss is

granted.

    It is ORDERED that this case be DISMISSED with prejudice.

                                     Avram Weisberger
                                     Administrative Law Judge

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