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Parties Involved:
Robinson Masonry
Petitioner
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Respondent
Thomas E. Perez
Respondent

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 14-2366

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Robinson Masonry

lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioner

v.

Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor

lllllllllllllllllllllRespondent

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Petition for Review of an Order of the

 Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission

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 Submitted: January 28, 2015

Filed: February 2, 2015

[Unpublished]

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Before SMITH, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Robinson Masonry (Robinson) petitions for review of an adverse decision by

the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. The administrative law

judge (ALJ) denied Robinson relief from judgment under Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 60(b) for citations and penalties imposed against it, and vacated Robinson’s

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untimely notices of contest.1

 In this court, Robinson argues that equitable tolling

applies to its untimely notices because an Occupational Safety and Health

Administration official induced it to miss the contest-period deadline. After careful

review, this court concludes that the ALJ’s factual findings were supported by

substantial evidence, and that the ALJ did not abuse its discretion in ruling that

Robinson did not establish grounds for relief under Rule 60(b). See 29 U.S.C.

§ 660(a) (jurisdiction); Donovan v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc., 666 F.2d 315, 324-25 (8th

Cir. 1981) (standard of review); Roy Kay, Inc., 13 BNA OSHC 2021, 1989 WL

223306, at *1 (No. 88-1748, 1989) (burden is on employer who files late notice of

contest to show sufficient basis for relief under Rule 60(b)).

The petition is denied. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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See 29 U.S.C. § 659(a) (employer has 15 working days within which to notify

Secretary of Labor that he wishes to contest citation or proposed assessment of

penalty; if employer fails to do so, “the citation and the assessment [of penalty], as

proposed, shall be deemed a final order of the Commission”).

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