Legal Opinion

Sherwood T. Rodrigues v. United States Secretary of Labor, Raymond J. Donovan, Defendants

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 26, 1985No. 84-1712PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Rodrigues challenges the termination of his workers’ compensation benefits, contending that he has been deprived of due process. The district court dismissed his claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, on the basis that Rodrigues had failed to exhaust available administrative remedies. We reverse and remand.

I. FACTS

From January 1969 to July 1972, Sherwood Rodrigues was employed as a bank examiner with the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. In November 1972, Rodrigues filed a claim with the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor…

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