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DOWNS v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS COMPENSATION

No. 86-4141 Summary Calendar.

803 F.2d 193 (1986)

Leonard P. DOWNS, Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Texas Star Shipping Co. and Texas Employers Insurance Assn., Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 27, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cox, Dodson & Buorum, James H. Bjorum, Corpus Christi, Tex., for petitioner.

Ralph F. Meyer, Corpus Christi, Tex., for Texas Star Ship. & Texas Empls. Inc.

Joshua T. Gillelan, II, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Benefits Review Bd., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for other interested party.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GARWOOD, and HILL, Circuit Judges.

ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:

Leonard Downs appealed a dismissal of his settlement modification action by an administrative law judge for lack of jurisdiction. The Benefits Review Board (the Board) affirmed the dismissal. Downs appeals to this court again objecting to the dismissal. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

I.

Because of the novel procedural history of this appeal, we detail the facts, intervening legal changes, and the parties...

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