Carl C. Thorn v. Itmann Coal Company

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-1951
CARL C. THORN,
Petitioner,
versus
ITMANN COAL COMPANY; DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNTIED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
Respondents.
On petition for Review of an Order of the Benefits Review Board.
(99-208-BLA)
Argued: June 6, 2001 Decided: June 29, 2001
Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.
Petition for review denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
ARGUED: S.F. Raymond Smith, RUNDLE & RUNDLE, L.C., Pineville, West
Virginia, for Petitioner. Kathy Lynn Snyder, JACKSON & KELLY,
Morgantown, West Virginia, for Respondents. ON BRIEF: Mary Rich
Maloy, JACKSON & KELLY, P.L.L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, for
Respondent Itmann Coal.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:
Following oral argument and having considered the briefs and
the record, we find no reversible error in the June 9, 2000, deci-
sion of the Benefits Review Board, BRB No. 99-0208 BLA, affirming
the administrative law judge’s October 29, 1998, decision and order
on remand denying benefits.
Accordingly, for the reasons substantially expressed in the
opinion of the Benefits Review Board, the petition for review is
DENIED.

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