Counts v. United States Department of Labor

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN DIVISION Dorothy A. Counts, ) Case No. 1:22-cv-00435-JDA ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) OPINION AND ORDER ) United States Department of Labor, ) ) Defendant. ) ) Plaintiff brings this action for judicial review of the decision by the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) denying her claim for survivor benefits under Part E of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (the “EEOICPA” or the “Act”),

42 U.S.C. §§ 7384

et seq. [Doc. 1.] For the reasons set forth below, the DOL’s decision…