COOLEY v. DIRECTOR, OWCP, U.S. DEPT. OF LABOR

No. 89-7649.

895 F.2d 1301 (1990)

Helen COOLEY, Widow of James Cooley, Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 31, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orzell Billingsley, Jr., Bessemer, Ala., for petitioner.

Linda M. Meekins, Clerk, Benefits Review Bd., Paul L. Frieden, Office of the Sol., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before FAY, KRAVITCH and COX, Circuit Judges.


BY THE COURT:

Helen Cooley petitions this court for review of the Benefit Review Board's denial of her claim for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act. 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-04 (1982 & Supp. III 1985). We dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.

Petitioner's protracted efforts to seek Black Lung Benefits began with the filing of a claim by her husband, James Cooley, on February 5, 1982. On August 11, 1987, more than four years after the...

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