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v.

Jo n P . W es tru m , do in g b us in es s as J. West ru m Elec tri c an d J W E LLC, alt er eg os

an d a si ng le em

pl oyer

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Su bm it te d: Feb ru ary 15 , 20 19 Fi le d: Feb ru ary 22 , 20 19 [Un pu bl is he d]

__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re BENTON, W OLLMAN, and KELLY , Cir cu it Ju dg es

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PER CURI AM.

The Nati on al Lab or Rel at io ns Bo ard (NL RB) pe ti ti on s to en fo rce it s or de r ad op ti ng th e de ci si on of an ad m in is t r a t i v e la w jud ge (ALJ) fin di ng th at Jo n P.W es tru m do in g bu si ne ss as J. W es tru m Elec tri c, an d JWE LLC, were al te r eg os an d 1

a si ng le em

pl oyer, an d had vi ol at ed th e Nati on al Lab or Rel at io ns Act (NLRA); and

or de rin g bo th en ti ti es to ceas e an d de si st th ei r un la wfu l pr act ic es , an d to ta ke cert ai n affi rm at iv e act io ns de si gn ed to effe ct ua te th e p ol ic ie s o f th e NLRA.

Afte r co ns id erat io n of th e pa rti es ’ su bm is si on s, th is co ur t fin ds th at th e on ly

arg um en t pr es erv ed fo r it s rev ie w --t he cl ai m , as se rte d as an affi rm at iv e de fen se , th at 2
th e gr ie va nc e th e In te rn at io na l Bro th erh oo d of Elec tri cal W or ke rs Loc al 29 2 br ou gh t
ag ai ns t th e en ti ti es w a s no t ti m el y fil ed as req ui red by th e st at ut e of li m it at io ns

co nt ai ne d in se ct io n 10 (b ) of th e NLRA, co di fie d at 29 U.S.C. § 16 0( b) (p res cri bi ng 6- m on th li m it at io ns pe rio d fo r fil in g gr ie va nc e aft er no ti ce of NLRA vi ol at io n) --fa il s be cau se it is de pe nd en t up on th e di sc red it ed te st im on y of Jo n W es tru m

. See NLRB
v. M on ark Bo at Co
., 80 0 F.2d 19 1, 19 3 (8t h Cir. 19 86 ) (th is co ur t will no t o ve rtu rn NLRB fin di ng s th at are ba se d on cred ib il it y de te rmi n a t io ns , un le ss th os e fin di ng s sh oc k it s co ns ci en ce). Thi s co ur t fu rth er fin ds t h a t su bs ta nt ia l ev id en ce, in cl ud in g
t e s t i mon y whi ch th e ALJ cred it ed
, su pp or ts th e NLRB’s de te rm in at io n th at th e bu si ne ss en ti ti es fai le d to m eet th ei r bu rd en of pr ov in g th at th e lo cal ’s gr ie va nc e was

no t fi le d wi th in si x m on th s of th e bu si ne ss es ’ rep ud ia ti on of th ei r rel at io ns hi p wi th

On Ju ne 6, 20 18
, th is co ur t no ti fie d res po nd en t JWE LLC th at , un le ss a m ot io n 1
to fil e it s br ie f ou t of ti m e was fil ed by co un se l, th e en ti ty wou ld be ba rred fro m fil in g

a br ie f or pa rti ci pa ti ng in th is m at te r. JWE LLC fai le d to res po nd to , or co m pl y wit h, th e or de r, an d th us was ba rred fro m fil in g a br ie f or pa rti ci pa ti ng in th is m at te r. (8 th Ci r. Doc ke t 04 /0 6/ 18
, 06 /0 6/ 18
, 06 /2 2/ 18
, 08 /1 7/ 18
, 08 /2 3/ 18 .) Acco rd in gl y , NLRB i s e n t i t le d to su m

m ary en fo rcem en t of th e or de r ag ai ns t JWE LLC. See San fo rd v

. Mai d- Ri te Co rp ., 81 6 F.3 d 54 6, 55 0 (8 th Ci r. 20 16 ) (co rp or at e en ti ty can no t pr oc eed pr o se ) ; c f

. Tr a ffo rd Dis tri b. Ct r. v. NLRB, 47 8 F.3 d 17 2, 18 2 (3 d Ci r. 20 07 ) (g ran ti ng pe ti ti on fo r en fo rcem en t ag ai ns t ent it y th at fai le d to an swe r cro ss -p et it io n fo r en fo rcem en t o f NLRB o rd er).

See 29 U.S.C. § 16 0( e) (“ [n ]o ob jecti on th at ha s no t be en ur g e d be fo re th e 2 [NLRB]

. . . sh al l be co ns id ered by th e co ur t, un le ss th e fai lu re or ne gl ect to ur ge su ch ob jecti on sh al l b e ex cu se d b ecau se of e xt rao rd in ary ci rcu m st an ces ”).

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-th e Nati on al Elec tri cal Co nt ract or s Ass oc ia ti on an d Loc al 29 2. See NLRB v. La-ZBo y Mi dwe st , 39 0 F .3d 10 54
, 10 61 n.1 (8 th Cir . 20 04 ) (6 -m on th li m it at io ns pe rio d of § 16 0( b) do es no t be gi n to ru n un ti l ch arg in g pa r t y h as cl ear an d un eq ui vo cal

no ti ce of vio la ti on of

NLRA); NLRB v . Cor ne rs to ne Bu il de rs , Inc ., 96 3 F.2d 10 75
, 10 76 -7 7 (8 th Ci r. 19 92 ) (“ The NLRB’s fin di ng s of f a c t wil l be acce pt ed as lo ng as th ey are su pp or te d by su bs ta nt ia l ev id en ce on th e reco rd as a who le .”); Po si ti ve Elec

. Ent ers ., In c., 34 5 NLRB 91 5, 91 8 (2 00 5) (§ 10 (b ) al le ga ti on is an affi rm at iv e de fen se ,
an d pa rty rel y in g o n i t h a s bu rd en of es ta bl is hi ng th at no ti ce of vi ol at io n ou ts id e li m it at io ns pe rio d was clear an d u ne qu iv oc al ). The p et it io n t o e nf or ce t he NLRB’s

or de r is gra nt ed . See 8 th Cir . R. 47 B.

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