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RAMEY v. STEVEDORING SERVICES OF AMERICA

Nos. 96-71069, 97-70091.

134 F.3d 954 (1998)

Thomas A. RAMEY, Petitioner, v. STEVEDORING SERVICES OF AMERICA; Jones Oregon Stevedoring Company; Eagle Pacific Insurance Company; Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs, Respondents. In the Matter of: Dean J. BELLMER, Petitioner, v. STEVEDORING SERVICES OF AMERICA; Jones Oregon Stevedoring Company; Eagle Pacific Insurance Company, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Robinowitz, Portland, Oregon, for petitioners.

Jay W. Beattie and William M. Tomlinson, Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler, Portland, Oregon, for respondent employers.

Nathaniel I. Spiller, Deputy Associate Solicitor, United States Department of Labor, Washington, DC, for the Director.

Before: SKOPIL, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, District Judge.

SKOPIL, Senior Circuit Judge:

I.

Congress included a provision in the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996, P.L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321-211, 1321-219 (1996), that was intended to eliminate the backlog of cases pending before the Benefits Review Board. Consistent with that legislation, on September 12, 1996, hundreds of pending appeals from administrative law judges' decisions were summarily affirmed without Board review. Two of...

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