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Parties Involved:
Randall Mechanical, Inc.,
Petitioner
Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor
Appellee

Document Text:

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 18-12959

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OSHRC Docket No. 17-1595

RANDALL MECHANICAL, INC., 

 Petitioner,

versus

SECRETARY OF LABOR, UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, 

 Respondent.

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Petition for Review of a Decision of the

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

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(March 18, 2020)

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Before JORDAN, TJOFLAT, and TRAXLER,

∗ Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Following oral argument, and a review of the record, we vacate the ALJ’s 

order granting the Secretary’s motion for reconsideration and dismissing Randall 

Mechanical’s notice of contest. As we have explained, the “[Occupational Safety 

and Health Review] Commission and its ALJs are bound to follow the law of the 

circuit to which the case would most likely be appealed.” Comtran Grp., Inc. v. U.S. 

Dep’t of Labor, 722 F.3d 1304, 1307 (11th Cir. 2013). The Commission has said 

the same thing. See Sec’y of Labor v. Interstate Brands Corp., 20 O.S.H. Cas. (BNA) 

1102, *3 n.7, 2003 WL 1961274 (2003) (applying Third Circuit law with respect to 

the Secretary’s burden of proof regarding a certain violation). We therefore remand 

to the ALJ with instructions to apply Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit precedent 

with respect to Randall Mechanical’s Rule 60(b)(1) motion. We express no view on 

the merits of that motion. 

VACATED AND REMANDED.

∗ The Honorable William B. Traxler, Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 

Fourth Circuit, sitting by designation.

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