Hamby v. Richland Coal Co.

ORDER

Ethel Hamby, a Kentucky citizen, petitions pro se for review of a decision of the Benefits Review Board affirming the denial of benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-45. This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 34(j)(l), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a).

Mrs. Hamby is the widow of a coal miner, James R. Hamby. The miner was born in 1926, and worked in coal mining for thirty years before retiring in 1987. *564The miner apparently died in 1999, and…