Legal Opinion
Downs v. Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 27, 1986No. 86-4141PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:
Leonard Downs appealed a dismissal of his settlement modification action by an administrative law judge for lack of jurisdiction. The Benefits Review Board (the Board) affirmed the dismissal. Downs appeals to this court again objecting to the dismissal. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.
I
Because of the novel procedural history of this appeal, we detail the facts, intervening legal changes, and the parties’ arguments so as to explicate the conclusions we then draw.
A
Leonard Downs was injured on June 21, 1979, while working as a longshoreman for Texas Star…
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