Document Info

DocketNumber: 00-1304

Filed Date: 5/18/2000

Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 4/17/2021

  •                             UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 00-1304
    FRANCES E. WILLIAMS, widow of Tommy J. Wil-
    liams, Sr.,
    Petitioner,
    versus
    T & S COAL COMPANY, Employer; WEST VIRGINIA
    COAL WORKERS’ PNEUMOCONIOSIS FUND, INCORPO-
    RATED, Carrier; DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS’
    COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPART-
    MENT OF LABOR,
    Respondents.
    On Petition for Review of an Order of the Benefits Review Board.
    (99-371-BLA, 97-1973-BLA)
    Submitted:   May 11, 2000                     Decided:   May 18, 2000
    Before MURNAGHAN, LUTTIG, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
    Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Frances E. Williams, Petitioner Pro Se. Nancy Lovell Tyler, OFFICE
    OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WEST VIRGINIA, Charleston, West Vir-
    ginia; Jeffrey Steven Goldberg, Christian P. Barber, UNITED STATES
    DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    See Local Rule 36(c).
    PER CURIAM:
    Frances E. Williams seeks review of the Benefits Review Board’s
    decision and orders affirming the administrative law judge’s denial
    of survivor’s benefits under the Federal Coal Mine Health and
    Safety Act of 1969, as amended, see 
    30 U.S.C.A. §§ 901-945
     (West
    1994 & Supp. 1999), and denying her motion for reconsideration.
    Our review of the record discloses that the Board’s decision is
    based upon substantial evidence and is without reversible error.
    Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the Board. See Williams
    v. T & S Coal Co., Nos. 99-371-BLA; 97-1973-BLA (BRB Nov. 17, 1999
    & Jan. 18, 2000).   We dispense with oral argument because the facts
    and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials
    before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
    AFFIRMED
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