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				<p style="text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; ">United States of America</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION</span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; ">1120 20</span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:#000000; position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; ">th</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:11pt; ">Washington, DC 20036-3457</span></p>
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							<p style="text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">SECRETARY OF LABOR,</span></p>
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							<p style="text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">v.</span></p>
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									</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">21</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">-</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">0447</span></p>
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							<p><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">GENERATIONAL BUILDINGS</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
									</span>LLC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">REMAND ORDER</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Before: ATTWOOD, Chairman and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">LAIHOW</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, Commissioner.</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">BY THE COMMISSION:</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">On<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">October</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">13</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 20</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">21</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, Administrative Law Judge<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Patrick B. Augustine</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>issued a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">n order of dismissal</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">based on the failure of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Generational Buildings</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>LLC</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, appearing pro se,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">register<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">with<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">the Commission’s Electronic Filing System (EFS)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">respond to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">n Order to Show Cause</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">. For the reasons that</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>follow, we set aside the judge’s decision and remand this case for further proceedings in a manner consistent with this o</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">rder</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">BACKGROUND</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Following an inspection</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>on January 8, 2021</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Generational Buildings</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>a<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">four</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">-item serious citation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>with a proposed penalty of $2</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">1</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">,8</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">44</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">B</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">oth parties filed timely pleadings</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">:</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the Secretary filed the complaint on July 6, 2021</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and Respondent filed the answer on July 20, 2021</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">T</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">he case was<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">assigned<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">to the judge<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">on August 17, 2021</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">The</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Notice of Assignment<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">issued to the parties<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">include</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>document titled<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">“Important Notice”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">inform</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">m</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">of the requirement to comply with Commission Rule 8(c), 29 C.F.R. § 2200.8(c)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, which<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">mandates that all document</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>be filed<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">electronically<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">using<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Commission’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">EFS</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">A<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">self-represented part</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">y, however, “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">may submit a written statement to the Judge requesting an exemption from the mandatory e-filing requirement on the grounds that it would place an undue<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">burden on them to comply with the requirement.” Commission Rule 8(c)(2), 29 C.F.R. § 2200.8(c)(2)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Sometime b</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">etween August 17<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">(the date of assignment)<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">and August 25, 2021</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">issuance<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">date of the Order to Show Cause)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, the judge’s Legal Assistant twice called<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Generational Building</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">’</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>office to remind<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">the company</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>of the need to register with and use the Commission’s EFS to file all documents</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and to offer any assistance in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">doing so</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">T</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">he first time, the Legal Assistant left a message on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">the company’s</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>business number, and the second time, the Legal Assistant spoke with<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">n unnamed</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>person</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>who<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">said<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">that</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">they<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">would<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">pass the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>message on</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Generational Buildings</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>did not respond to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">either of these</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>messages</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, nor did it register with the EFS</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px; line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">On August 25, 2021,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">eight</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>days<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">after the Notice of Assignment was issued</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">the judge<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">issued<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">an Order to Show Cause</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>giving the company 14 days<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">to file an explanation as to why it had failed to register with the EFS or seek an exemption based on undue hardship, and, if not seeking an exemption, to register or risk<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">dismissal</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>in favor of the Secretary</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Commission Rule 101(a); 29 C.F.R. § 2200.101(a) (</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">judge may declare party in default for failing to plead or otherwise proceed as required after giving party opportunity to show cause)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">After<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Generational Buildings</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">failed to respond to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">the</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">show cause order</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, the judge<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">issued the order<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">dismiss</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">ing<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">the company’s notice of contest and affirm</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">ing</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the citation</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Generational Buildings, now represented by counsel,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">has<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">timely<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">filed a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>petition<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">with the Commission</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">seeking review of the judge’s decision</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span></p>
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				<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:0px; line-height:1.5; text-align:center; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">DISCUSSION</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">“Whether dismissal is appropriate in any situation depends on whether a party’s behavior demonstrates contumacy, whether the othe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">r party<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">suffered<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">prejudice</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, and whether other aggravating circumstances were present.” </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Caterpillar, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 17 BNA OSHC 1507, 1509 (No. 9</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">4</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">-347, 1996) (citations omitted)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Here, the judge<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">found<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">the company’s “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">repeated failures to engage in the litigation process illustrate a pattern of disregard for the Commission’s proceedings as well as contumacious conduct.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Specifically, the judge stated that Generational Buildings was “</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">given multiple opportunities and plenty of time to comply with Commission Rules of Procedure and this Court’s Notice and Order, and the Court has yet to receive any communication or contact from Respondent.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">N</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">ot</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">ing</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>that the case h</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">ad</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>been pending for<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">“nearly three<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">months</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">”</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the judge found<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">that the delay caused by the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">company’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">failure to register<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">with</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the EFS<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">was</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>attributable to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Generational Buildings<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">alone</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">since</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">it<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">wa</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">s self-represented</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">W</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">e find that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">dismissal is too harsh of a sanction under the circumstances of this case</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Architectural Glass & Metal Co.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 19 BNA OSHC 1546, 1547 (No. 00-0389, 2001) (“Although a judge has very broad discretion in imposing sanctions for noncompliance with Commission Rules of Procedure or his own orders, the judge must not impose a sanction that is too harsh under the circumstances of the case.”) </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">The record shows that t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">he judge<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">gave<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">this pro se Respondent</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">only eight days after<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Notice of Assignment<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">was issued to either register<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">with the EFS<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">or seek an exe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">m</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">ption<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">before issuing an Order to Show Cause threat</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">ening</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>dismissal.</span><span class="style_DefaultParagraphFont style_DefaultParagraphFont style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref1" href="#ftn1">1</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">While the judge’s office did make two attempts in the span of a week to contact Generational Builders about the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">EFS<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">requirement, it is unclear whether the company—which</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, according to its notice of contest,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>consists of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">three</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>employees—ever received those messages or otherwise<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">understood the need to</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>immediately</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>register with the EFS</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">I</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">t<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">would have been<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">reasonable<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">for the judge<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">to provide<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">the company</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, as a small employer,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">with<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">more than a few days to respond to the Legal Assistant’s phone calls</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Indeed,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">the Commission</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>has<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">consistently<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">made</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">“allowances for<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">pro se</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>employers who have failed, through ignorance of our rules and of legal procedures, to comply with its procedural requirements</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Sealtite</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Corp.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 15 BNA OSHC 1130, 1133 (No. 88-1431, 1991)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(citations omitted)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Here, r</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">ather than move to issue a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>show cause</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">o</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">rder</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">the judge could have issued an<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">interim<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">o</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">rder<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">highlighting the<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">registration<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">requirement and explaining that as a self-represented party</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, t</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">he company</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>could request a</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">n exemption due to</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>hardship.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:1.5; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">We also find that the shortcomings identified by the judge in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">support of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">his<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">dismissal<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">do not support a finding of contumacy or a pattern of disregard for Commission proceedings,</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>particularly where<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Generational Builders<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">was in fact participating in the case, as evidenced by its timely filed answer</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">C</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">ompare</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Jessica Hicks</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 25 BNA OSHC 2227,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">2228<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">(No. 16-0757, 2016) (dismissal too harsh<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">when judge’s finding of contumacy<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">rested</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>solely on<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">pro se respondent’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">single failure to respond to show cause order);</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Tom Reed Contracting</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 25 BNA OSHC 1649,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">1650<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">(No. 14-1659</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 2015</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">) (default<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">set aside and conduct<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">found<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">not contumacious whe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">n</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>pro se</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>respondent failed to file answer and respond to second show cause order but responded to first show cause order with<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">request for rescheduling due to<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">serious<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">medical condition);</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Heave Ho Crane Co.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 24 BNA OSHC 2058,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">2060-61<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">(No. 14-0250</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 2014</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">) (default<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">set aside</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and conduct<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">found<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">not contumacious whe</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">n</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">pro se<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">respondent failed to file required position statement and confer with Secretary<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">but explained that<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">response to show cause order was not in affidavit form as stipulated because of internet issues)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">with</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Phila</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Constr. Equip</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 16 BNA OSHC 1128,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">1130-31<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">(No.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">92-899</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 1993) (finding a pattern of disregard where<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">pro se<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">respondent consistently did not respond until it received orders threatening dismissal or default, failed to appear for a hearing, and appeared late at a reinstatement hearing);</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Sealtite</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Corp.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">, 15 BNA<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">OSHC<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">at<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">1134</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(finding<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">pro se<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">respondent in default<span>
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						</span>with Commission rules and the judge’s orders)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">In addition,<span>
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						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">the Secretary has not claimed any prejudice by the company’s failure to register with the EFS or respond to the judge’s show cause order</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span></p>
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					</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">Commission Rule 101(b);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">29 C.F.R. § 2200.101(b) (motion to set aside sanctions)</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span></p>
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				<p style="text-align:center; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">721 19</span><span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">th</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="text-align:center; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Denver, Colorado 80202-2517</span></p>
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				<p style="widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-size:10pt; ">
					</span>OSHRC DOCKET NO. 21-0447</p>
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				<p style="margin-left:48px; widows:0; orphans:0; ">Boyce N. Richardson, Esq., Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, Kansas City, MO</p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>For Complainant</p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Melvin Troyer, Self-Represented Litigant, Jamesport, MO</p>
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				<p style="widows:0; orphans:0; ">JUDGE: First Judge Patrick B. Augustine, United States Administrative Law Judge</p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline ;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline ;">DECISION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO 29 C.F.R. § 2200.101</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">Procedural History</span></p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>This proceeding is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (Commission) pursuant to section 10(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 651<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">et seq</span>. (Act). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted an inspection of a Generational Buildings, LLC (Respondent) worksite at 3823 N. Cobbler Rd., Independence, MO on January 8, 2021. As a result of the inspection, OSHA issued a Citation and Notification of Penalty (Citation) to Respondent alleging four serious violations of the Act with a proposed penalty of $21,844.00. The Citation was issued on March 9, 2021. Respondent timely filed a notice of contest (<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Notice of Contest)</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span><span></span>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>This case was designated to proceed under conventional proceedings of the Commission. The Complaint was filed on July 6, 2021. On July 7, 2021, Respondent filed a communication which the Court deems to be an Answer. On August 17, 2021, Chief Judge Covette Rooney assigned this matter to the Court by entering a<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Notice of Assignment of Review Commission Judge</span><span><span></span>
					</span>(Assignment Notice). Attached to the Assignment Notice was documentation titled as an Important Notice in which Respondent was informed of the requirement to comply with Commission Rule 8(c), 29 C.F.R. § 2200.8(c).<span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref3" href="#ftn3">3</a></span><span><span></span>
					</span>Commission Rule 8(c)<span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref4" href="#ftn4">3</a></span><span><span></span>
					</span>requires all parties to register with the Commission’s Electronic Filing System (EFS) and to file all pleadings and documents through the EFS. The Rule also has a provision notifying self-represented litigants (such as Respondent in this case) that it may seek an exemption from complying with the EFS requirements by filing a written statement, supported by facts, explaining that complying with the EFS requirements would place an undue burden upon it. Commission Rule 8(c)(2) sets forth the procedures for filing the request for exemption based on undue burden.  </p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Upon the Court receiving this case, the Court’s Legal Assistant twice called Respondent’s office to remind Respondent of the need to register with and use the Commission’s EFS to file all documents and to offer any assistance in registering.  The Legal Assistant once left a message on the business number of Respondent. On a second occasion, the Legal Assistant spoke with a woman who answered the telephone who indicated she would take a message and pass it on. No messages were received from Respondent from the telephone outreach. </p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>On August 25, 2021, the Court entered an<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Order to Show Cause</span><span><span></span>
					</span>in which Respondent was placed on notice that its Notice of Contest could be dismissed, and the Citation affirmed. The Court specifically laid out in the<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Order to Show Cause</span><span><span></span>
					</span>that unless Respondent registered with the EFS<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">or</span><span><span></span>
					</span>filed a written statement seeking an exemption based on undue hardship that its failure to take one of the above actions could result in the Court dismissing its Notice of Contest<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span>and affirming the Citation. </p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>The<span>
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					</span>was sent certified United States mail, return receipt requested, as required under Commission Rules. Commission Rule 7(o)(2), 29 C.F.R. § 2200.7(o)(2). The<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Order to Show Cause</span><span><span></span>
					</span>was signed for and received by a representative of Respondent on September 2, 2021. As of the date of this Decision and Order, Respondent has not: (i) responded to the<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Order to Show Cause</span>; (ii) registered with the Commission’s EFS; or (iii) filed a written statement with the Court seeking an exemption based on undue hardship.  </p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">Jurisdiction</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span>The<span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span>Commission has jurisdiction over this action pursuant to section 10(c) of the Act due to the filing of a<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Notice of Contest<span>
						</span></span>by Respondent. 29 U.S.C. § 659(c). </p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">Controlling Case Law</span></p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span>The Commission has held that “[w]here it is highly probable that a case will be appealed to a particular circuit, the Commission generally has applied the precedent of that circuit in deciding the case— even though it may differ from the Commission's precedent.”<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Kerns Bros. Tree Serv.</span>, 18 BNA OSHC 2064, 2067 (No. 96-1719, 2000). The Court applies the precedent of the Eighth Circuit where it differs from the Commission in deciding this case.</p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Although the Commission recognizes the difficulties a self-represented litigant may face when participating in the Commission’s proceedings, the Commission still requires the self-represented litigant to follow the rules and exercise reasonable diligence in the legal proceedings in which it is taking part.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Sealtite</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Corp</span>., 15 BNA OSHC 1130 (No. 88-1431, 1991). An unrepresented employer must “exercise reasonable diligence in the legal proceedings” and “must follow the rules and file responses to a judge's orders, or suffer the consequences, which can include dismissal of the notice of contest.”<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Wentzel d/b/a N.E.E.T. Builders</span>, 16 BNA OSHC 1475, 1476 (No. 92-2696, 1993) (citations omitted).<span>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Commission Rule 101(a) provides:<span>
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				<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; text-align:justify; margin-left:96px; margin-right:48px; widows:0; orphans:0; ">When any party has failed to plead or otherwise proceed as provided by these rules or as required by the Commission or Judge, he may be declared to be in default either on the initiative of the Commission or the Judge, after having been afforded an opportunity to show cause why he should not be declared in default<span>
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					</span>Thereafter, the Commission or Judge, in their discretion, may enter a decision against the defaulting party<span>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>This is a case of first impression since no Commission case law exists on the question of whether the failure of a Respondent to register in the EFS after Court orders to do so may result in dismissal of Respondent’s Notice of Contest and an affirmance of the Citation. Also, as noted above, Respondent has been provided an opportunity to show cause why it should not be held in default and failed to respond to the Court’s Assignment Notice entered on August 17, 2021, and the Court’s<span>
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					</span>issued on August 25, 2021.</p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">Federal Court’s Holdings on Failure to Register</span></p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>While no Commission case law exists on the question presented, federal courts have ruled on this issue. Federal courts, who have addressed the issue, have done so under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) (“Rule 41(b)”). </p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Dial v. Mix</span>, No. 3-19CV-1864 N-BK, 2019 WL 6702656 (N.D.<span>
					</span>Tex, Oct. 30, 2019) presented largely the same facts before that court as in this case. The federal district court advised Dial, a pro-se litigant, of the Court’s requirement to register and use the court’s electronic filing system (CM/ECF) and she failed to do so. The federal court extended the deadline for registering and in that order advised that Dial’s failure to comply may result in the dismissal of the case for want of prosecution under Rule 41(b). Dial never complied and the court dismissed the case.</p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>The<span>
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					</span>Court stated as follows:</p>
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				<p style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; widows:0; orphans:0; ">Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allows a court to dismiss an action<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">sua</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>sponte</span><span><span></span>
					</span>for failure to prosecute or for failure to comply with the federal rules or any court order.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Larson v. Scott</span>, 157 F.3d 1030, 1031 (5th Cir. 1998). “This authority flows from the court’s inherent power to control its docket and prevent undue delay in the disposition of pending cases.”<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Boudwin</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>v. Graystone Ins. Co., Ltd</span>., 756 F. 2d 399, 401 (5th Cir.<span>
					</span>1985)(citing<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Link v. Wabash R.R. Co.</span>, 370 U.S. 626 (1962)).</p>
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				<p style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; widows:0; orphans:0; ">Generally, such dismissal is without prejudice. However, when, as here, a Rule 41(b) dismissal is tantamount to a dismissal with prejudice the court is required to apply a higher standard of review.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Berry v. CIGNA/RSI-CIGNA</span>, 975 F.2d. 1188, 1191 (5th Cir. 1992).<span><span></span>
					</span>In that instance, a court may dismiss for want of prosecution only when there is a clear record of delay or contumacious conduct. In applying this higher standard, the court must find “at least one of three aggravating factors: (1) delay caused by a party himself and not his attorney; (2) actual prejudice to the other party; or (3) delay caused by intentional conduct.”<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Id. </span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">see also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Nottingham v. Warden Bill Clements Unit,</span><span><span></span>
					</span>837 F.3d 438, 441 (5th Cir.<span>
					</span>2016)(same).</p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>The<span>
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					</span>Court found the requisites were met and dismissed the case. The court noted the case had been pending for nearly three months, and despite the issuance of two orders, Dial had failed to comply with the court’s directive to register for electronic filing or demonstrate cause as to why she should be excused from the registration requirement. In addition, Dial had failed to comply with a show cause order issued by that court and failed to keep the court informed of her current address. The court stated these actions were attributable to Ms. Dial alone. The court concluded, considering the foregoing conduct of Ms. Dial, no lesser sanction will prompt diligent prosecution of the case. Indeed, the court noted, the case cannot proceed further absent Dial’s registration for electronic filing.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">McKeller</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>v. LVNV Funding, LLC.</span>, No. 3:20-CV-3065-M-BK ,2021 WL 3625078 (D. Tex. July 7,<span>
					</span>2021)(failure to file an amended complaint and register to use the electronic filing system resulted in dismissal);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Harris v. Comm’r of Social Security,</span><span><span></span>
					</span>No. CIV-S-09-2336 GGH, 2009 WL 5206035 (E.D. Cal., Dec. 21, 2009)(failure to register and use electronic filing system resulted in sanctions).</p>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:center; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; ">Commission Rule 101 and Failure to Register</span></p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>The Court notes similarities between Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) and Commission Rule 101. Both permit sanctions for failure to follow a rule or an order of the court. Both have provisions for show cause procedures. Both require an evaluation of factors and affirm a dismissal of an action upon the of finding of contumacious conduct, prejudice or a pattern of disregarding rules and orders.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) and Commission Rule 101, 29 C.F.R. § 2200.101. Therefore, the Court finds Commission Rule 101, closely tracking Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b), is written in broad enough terms that it provides the remedy for a party’s failure to comply with Commission Rule 8(c) which requires parties to register with and use the Commission’s EFS.<span>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>According to the Commission, “[D]<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">ismissal</span><span><span></span>
					</span>is too harsh a sanction for failure to comply with certain pre-hearing orders unless the record shows contumacious conduct by the noncomplying party, prejudice to the opposing party, or a pattern of disregard for Commission proceedings.”<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Amsco</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">, Inc.</span>, No. 02-0220, 2003 WL 25548066, (O.S.H.R.C., Feb.12, 2003) 19 BNA OSHC 2189, 2191 (No. 02-0220, 2003). <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See also<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Sealtite</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Corp.</span>, 15 BNA OSHC 1130 (No. 88-1431, 1991) (contumacious conduct established where party engaged in a “consistent pattern” of failure to respond to judge’s orders).<span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span>The term<span>
					</span>“contumacious conduct”<span><span></span>
					</span>has not been defined in the Act or Commission Rules. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “contumacious” is conduct which is “stubbornly disobedient: rebellious.”<span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; "><a name="ftnref5" href="#ftn5">3</a></span><span><span></span>
					</span>Commission precedent makes it clear that an undefined term’s meaning can be determined by consulting a contemporaneous dictionary. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See, e.g., Fla. Gas Contractors, Inc.</span>, No 14-0948, 2019 WL 995716, at *3 (O.S.H.R.C., Feb. 21,<span>
					</span>2019)(determining term’s meaning by first turning to dictionary in absence of a definition in standard);<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">see also Crawford v. Metro. Gov’t of Nashville & Davidson<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Cty</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span>, 555 U. S. 271, 276 (2009) (undefined term “carries its ordinary meaning”). In conclusion, the trial judge has great discretion in determining the facts to the ordinary meaning to determine whether the conduct engaged into by a party is contumacious.”<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Fox v. Vice</span>, 563 U.S. 826 (2011) (recognizing trial courts have wide discretion in fact finding).<span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
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				<p style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; widows:0; orphans:0; "><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Therefore,</span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">applying ordinary meaning to the term<span>
						</span></span>“contumacious conduct,” default judgments may be appropriate when a party fails to comply with an order under 29 C.F.R. § 2200.101(a) (default appropriate when a party fails to proceed as provided by the Commission Rules or as required by a judge).<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">S</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">ee also St. Lawrence Food Corp</span>., 21 BNA OSHC 1467, 1472 (Nos. 04-1734 & 04-1735, 2006) (failing to comply with Commission Rules and orders to delay proceedings has been determined to be contumacious conduct.)<span>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>As stated previously, Commission Rule 101 is broad enough in its language and is the appropriate vehicle to address sanctions for parties who do not register in the EFS or seek an exemption due to undue hardship.<span>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>The Court finds Respondent’s repeated failures to engage in the litigation process illustrate a pattern of disregard for the Commission’s proceedings as well as contumacious conduct. Respondent has been given multiple opportunities and plenty of time to comply with Commission Rules of Procedure and this Court’s Notice and<span>
					</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Order</span>, and the Court has yet to receive any communication or contact from Respondent. The Court finds the delays in this case are wholly attributable to Respondent, including Respondent’s failure to respond to the Assignment Notice and the<span>
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						</span></span>which were sent to the address that it specifically provided, and which were not returned as undelivered. </p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>The Court has a need to manage its docket and to do so in a timely manner which promotes public policy. This case has been pending before the Court for nearly three months, and despite telephone calls from the Court to assist Respondent in registering, the issuance of an Assignment Notice and an<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Order to Show Cause</span>, Respondent has failed to comply with Commission Rule 8(c) and the Court’s<span>
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					</span>to register and use the EFS or demonstrate cause why the registration would cause an undue hardship. Because Respondent is representing itself the failure to comply, and the delay caused by such failure is attributable to Respondent alone.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Berry</span>, 975 F.2d at 1191. </p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Considering the above conduct of Respondent which is intentional, and the reasons stated below, no lesser sanction will prompt diligent prosecution of this case by Respondent. Indeed, as previously stated, the case cannot proceed further absent Respondent’s EFS registration. Given the time the Court has provided Respondent to register in the EFS or seek an exemption with no fruitful activity or response, the Court finds that any further delay will result in actual prejudice to Complainant. <span><span></span>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>The Court has gone beyond the traditional parameters established by the Commission in past Rule 101 holdings by evaluating: (i) the facts of this matter; (ii) the ramifications to public policy and docket management; (iii) the prejudice of further delay; (iv) the inability for this case to proceed forward absent compliance with Commission Rule 8(c); (v) where the fault lays; and (vi) the intentional nature of Respondent’s actions.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Berry v. CIGNA/RSI-CIGNA</span>, 975 F.2d. 1188, 1191 (5th Cir. 1992).<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See also Nottingham v. Warden Bill Clements Unit,</span><span><span></span>
					</span>837 F.3d 438, 441 (5th Cir. 2016)<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span> For the reasons stated, the Court finds Respondent’s pattern of disregard for the Commission’s proceedings and its failure to comply with its Order and Assignment Notice issued by the Court constitutes contumacious conduct warranting the sanction of dismissal of Respondent’s<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Notice of Contest</span>.</p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Alternatively, the Court finds the Court has conveyed due notice to Respondent of its procedural rights and provided ample warning that its failure to comply with Court orders may result in the dismissal of its<span>
					</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Notice of Contest</span>. At every instance, Respondent has failed to take advantage of the opportunity to advise the Court that it has not abandoned its case before the Court. Every indication before the Court is that Respondent has walked away from its contest. Under these circumstances, the Court sees no worthwhile purpose in allowing this case to proceed to a hearing when there is no basis to believe that Respondent will fulfill its pre-hearing obligations or appear at the hearing.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See Twin Pines Constr. Inc./</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">Teles</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Constr.</span>, 24 BNA OSHC 1500, 1504 (No. 12-1328, 2012) (No worthwhile purpose in proceeding to a hearing where a party has abandoned the case). The Court finds that Respondent relinquished its case with the intent to abandon. 1 C.J.S. Abandonment § 13 (2013).<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See also</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).</p>
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					<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>Accordingly, under the circumstances contained herein, the Court should exercise its sound discretion to DISMISS Respondent’s<span>
					</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; ">Notice of Contest</span><span><span></span>
					</span>even if limitations may prevent further adjudication of Respondent’s claims or defenses.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic; ">See Nottingham,</span><span><span></span>
					</span>837 F.3d at 441 (finding no abuse of discretion when district court applied higher standard of review and dismissed<span>
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					</span>action due to intentional noncompliance with court orders). The violations and penalties alleged in the Citation and Notification of Penalty are AFFIRMED in its entirety and penalties ASSESSED.</p>
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				<span style="padding-right:20px;">1.</span>Citation 1, Item 1, issued as a Serious Citation and the corresponding penalty of $5,461.00, are hereby AFFIRMED as final orders of the Commission pursuant to section 10(a) of the Act.<span>
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				<span style="padding-right:20px;">2.</span>Citation 1, Item 2, issued as a Serious Citation and the corresponding penalty of $5,461.00, are hereby AFFIRMED as final orders of the Commission pursuant to section 10(a) of the Act.</p>
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				<span style="padding-right:20px;">3.</span>Citation 1, Item 3, issued as a Serious Citation and the corresponding penalty of $5,461.00, are hereby AFFIRMED as final orders of the Commission pursuant to section 10(a) of the Act.</p>
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				<span style="padding-right:20px;">4.</span>Citation 1, Item 4, issued as a Serious Citation and the corresponding penalty of $5,461.00, are hereby AFFIRMED as final orders of the Commission pursuant to section 10(a) of the Act.</p>
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						</span>it took eight days for Generational Buildings to receive that order after<span>
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						</span>that Generational Buildings had just barely received the Notice of Assignment at the time the judge issued the Order to Show Cause.</span></p>
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						</span>Now that Generational Buildings is represented by counsel, it can no longer seek an exemption from the EFS based on hardship and must register<span>
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						</span>file all documents using the system</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:13pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:13pt; font-size:10pt; font-size:12pt; ">Commission Rule 8(c); 29 C.F.R. § 2200.8(c).</span></p>
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					</span>The Commission’s EFS is not a new creature to the Commission or courts. The implementation of the EFS follows from the evaluation of implemented electronic filing filings systems in federal courts and other federal adjudicatory agencies. Much thought was given to the needs of attorneys and self-represented litigants in creating a workable EFS for the Commission.</p>
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					</span>Commission Rule 8(c), which requires all parties to register with the Commission’s EFS, became effective on June 10, 2019. Rules of Procedure, 84 Fed. Reg. 14554 (April 10, 2019). Technical Amendments, 85 Fed. Reg. 65220 (October 15, 2020) (to be codified at 29 C.F.R. pt. 2200).</p>
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