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									</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:13pt; font-size:12pt; ">16-2010</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:13pt; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="text-align:center; "><span style="text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING SECRETARY’S MOTION TO DISMISS</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="text-align:center; "><span style="text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:underline ;">RESPONDENT’S LATE NOTICE OF CONTEST</span><span style="font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline ;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline ;"></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Th</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">is</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>matter<span>
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						</span>before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (the Commission) under section 10(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act), codified at 29 U.S.C. § 651</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> On February 27, 2017</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) filed a<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Motion to Dismiss Respondent’s Late Notices of Contest (Motion to Dismiss)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref0" href="#ftn0">1</a></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> On Marc</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">h</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>20, 2017, Respondent filed its opposition to the Secretary’s Motion</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to Dismiss</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">On September 18, 2017, the undersigned held a hearing to supplement the record. Thereafter, on October 18, 2017, the Secretary filed a Motion to Reopen the Record Based on Newly Discovered Evidence and to Admit Evidence into the Record (Motion to Reopen). On October 23, 2017, Respondent filed its opposition to the Secretary’s Motion to Reopen. </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">As a preliminary matter</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Secretary’s Motion to Reope</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">n</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>is DENIED</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. It would be<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">fundamentall</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">y unfair and<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">highly<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">prejudicial to a</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">dmit</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>this newly discovered evidence into the record without another supplemental hearing to give Respondent the opportunity to cross examine such evidence. Additionally, the undersigned finds<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the evidence of record<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">provides a<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">sufficient<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">basis for a decision on the Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss. </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">For the reasons that follow,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">case docket no. 16-2010 is hereby GRANTED.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Background</span><span style="font-weight:bold; position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "><a name="ftnref1" href="#ftn1">2</a></span><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span>
						<span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent, Frame Q</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, LLC (Respondent or Frame Q)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, is a construction company with worksites all over the Northern New Jersey Area. Tr. 34. Frame Q uses a residence as its business address. </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Area Office located in</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Hasbrouck Heights, NJ</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>conducted<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">five</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>inspection</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Frame Q</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">various<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">worksite</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">across Northern<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">New Jersey from February 24, 2015, to December 22, 2015. </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">As a result of an inspection of Respondent’s worksite at 27 Maple Ave. in Mahwah, New Jersey 07430 on<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">February 24</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 2015, OSHA issued a Citation<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that included: Seriou</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">s<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citat</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">ion 1, Item 1; Willful Citation 2, Item 1; and Repeat Citation 3, Item 1 with total proposed penalties in the amount of $</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">20,680.00</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. Ex. A to Motion</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to Dismiss</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. On J</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">une 22, 2015</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, the OSHA office sent a copy of the Citation to Respondent, via United States Postal Service (USPS) certified mail (tracking number<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">7014 3490 0001 1526 3859</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">), to<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">residence and business address located at 200 B Commercial Ave., Palisades, NJ 07650 (known business address). </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Ex.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">A</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to Motion</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to Dismiss</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Citation advised Respondent that its N</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">otice of Contest (N</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">OC</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>was due within 15 working days from receipt</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. However, it is unclear wh</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">en</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>the<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citation was received by Respondent because the USPS tracking sheet appended to the Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss lists the package as “in transit to destination” on June 26, 2015, with no further updates. Ex. A to</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Motion</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to Dismiss</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Neither the package or its green card were returned. GX-1. OSHA then mailed the Citation package, via, USPS first-class mail. </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. That package was not returned either. </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">On September<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">15, 2015</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, OSHA sent Respondent a delinquency letter indicating that payment of the proposed penalties was past<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">due,</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and interest was accruing under the Debt Collections Act. Ex.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">A</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to Motion</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to Dismiss</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">O</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">n or about November 29, 2016, the Commission received a letter from Respondent’s Attorney</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(dated November 23, 2016)</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>contesting the Citation</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>package at issue</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">long</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>after<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">NOC<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">was</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>due.</span><span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref2" href="#ftn2">3</a></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> Notably, the reason given</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, in this letter,</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>for the delay in filing the NOC</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">was that Respondent, Juan Quevedo, “did not fully understand OSHA rule and regulations”. </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:center; "><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; ">Discussion</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Section 10(a) of the Act requires an employer to notify OSHA within 15 working days of receiving a citation of its intent to contest the citation and/or proposed penalty. 29 U.S.C. § 659 (a). Failure to do so results in the citation becoming a final order of the Commission “and not subject to review by any court or agency.”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>The Commission derives its authority to grant relief from a final order from Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Rule 60(b))</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">. Jackson Assocs. of Nassau,</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>16 BNA OSHC 1261, 1263 (No. 91-0438, 1993).</span><span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref3" href="#ftn3">4</a></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Rule 60(b)(6) justifies relief from operation of judgment for “any other reason” other than Rules 60(b)(1)-(5). </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Paddington Partners v. Bouchard</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 34 F.3d 1132, 1144 (2d Cir. 1994). This rule is a “catch all” provision, which requires a showing of “extraordinary circumstances.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Klapprott v. United States</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 335 U.S. 601, 604-609 (1949).</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Rule 60(b)(6) is a “catch-all” provision that is narrowly interpreted.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See, e.g., Dowell v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">993F.2d 46, 48 (4th Cir. 1993).<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“Rule 60(b)(6) . . . grants federal courts broad authority to relieve a party from a final judgment . . . provided that the motion . . . is not premised on one of the grounds for relief enumerated in clauses (b)(1) through (b)(5).”</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Liljeberg v. Health Servs. Acquisition Corp.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 486 U.S. 847, 864 (1988).<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The rule has been described as a “grand reservoir of equitable power to do justice in a particular case.”<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See Compton v. Alton Steamship Co.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 608 F.2d 96, 106 (4th Cir. 1979) (quoting 12 James Moore</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">et. al.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Moore’s Federal Practice</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">¶ 60.48[1]</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(3d ed. 2017));<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also Wesco Prods. Co. v. Alloy Auto. Co.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 880 F.2d 981, 983 (7th Cir. 1989).<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span>The Commission has applied Rule 60(b)(6) in setting aside<span>
					</span>final<span>
					</span>judgments under circumstances such as “absence, illness, or similar disabilit[ies] [that] prevent[s] a party from acting to protect its interests.”<span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Branciforte Builders, Inc.,</span><span><span></span>
					</span>9 BNA OSHC 2113, 2117<span><span></span>
					</span>(No. 80-1920, 1981). <span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The movant has the burden of demonstrating that it is entitled to relief. A</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">dditionally, a movant seeking relief</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>under Rule 60(b) must also demonstrate the existence of a meritorious defense.</span><span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref4" href="#ftn4">5</a></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">N</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">w.</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Conduit Corp.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 18 BNA OSHC 1948, 1951 (No. 97-851, 1999).</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> The meritorious element can be<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">“satisfied with minimal allegations that the employer could prove a defense if given the opportunity.”<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Jackson Assoc</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">s</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 16 BNA OSHC at 1267.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Rule 60(b)(6) “vests power in courts adequate to enable them to vacate judgments whenever such action is appropriate to accomplish justice.”</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See e.g., Klapprott</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 335 U.S.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>at</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>615</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">(upholding Rule 60(b)(6) motion for inmate party who was poor, ill, and, therefore, unable to oppose denaturalization proceeding in<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">timely manner);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">accord Liljeberg</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 486 U.S. at 864</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(finding</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>judge’s conflict of interest undiscoverable by parties).</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">This “catch-all” provision, however, does not grant courts with unfettered discretion to set aside a judgment in all cases.</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Klapprott</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 335 U.S. at 615.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Before a court grants a Rule 60(b)(6) motion,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the moving party</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>must prove the following two elements: (1) that there are reasons for relief<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">other</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>than those set out in more specific clauses of Rule 60(b); and (2) that there is a valid reason or</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>an</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">extraordinary circumstance</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>justifying relief.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>As a matter of policy, courts are seeking to preserve a balance between serving the ends of justice and ensuring that litigation reaches an end within a finite period of time.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See, e.g.,</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Paddington Partners<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">34 F.3d at 1144;<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">see also</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Bankers Mortg</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Co. v. United States</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 423 F.2d 73, 77 (5th Cir. 1970) (promoting the “sanctity of final judgments”);<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Toscano v. C.I.R.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 441 F.2d 930-34 (9th Cir. 1971) (stating that “finality of judgments . . . is an important social interest”).<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Here, Respondent, Juan Quevedo, claims that he didn’t receive the Citation package because<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">it was</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>delivered to the wrong address. Tr. 52. If true, his failure to timely contest the Citation cannot be analyzed under</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of Rule 60(b)(1)</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">-(5)</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. Rather, Respondent’s stated basis for relief is properly analyzed under Rule 60(b)(6).</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal style_179 style_179 " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; margin-left:0cm; "><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Extraordinary Circumstances</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The “other reason that justifies relief” provision requires a showing of “extraordinary circumstances” for a court to grant relief.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Liljeberg</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 486 U.S. at 863-64. This provision exists to balance the broad power vested in the court pursuant to Rule 60(b)(6) and the interest in the finality of judgments.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Blinds, Inc. v. White,</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>536 F.3d 244, 255 (3d Cir. 2008).<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The term “extraordinary circumstances” derives from two cases, one in which relief was granted</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Klapprott</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 335 U.S.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>601,</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>604-09</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(1949)</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>and the other in which relief was denied</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Ackermann v. United States</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 340 U.S. 193, 195-97 (1950).<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>I</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">n<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Klapprott</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, the Supreme Court granted a party 60(b)(6) relief,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">by ordering<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">that a denaturalization proceeding be set aside nearly four (4) years after it was entered.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Klapprott</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 335 U.S. at 604-609</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The denaturalization judgment was rendered by default because the movant never appeared.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">During the denaturalization proceeding, the movant was ill, penniless, and had been imprisoned prior to his receipt of the denaturalization complaint.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">As a result, the movant was unable to appear and defend himself in the civil denaturalization proceeding.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Court reasoned that the movant’s allegations constituted an extraordinary circumstance and could not “logically be classified as mere ‘neglect’ on his part.”</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Court stated that the movant—jailed, weakened with illness, and without a lawyer in the denaturalization proceedings or the funds to secure one—was unable to defend himself in court.<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">at 613-14</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">.</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> One year later, the Supreme Court denied 60(b)(6) relief to a movant who failed to appeal judgment from denaturalization proceedings in which he was represented by counsel. </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Ackerman,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">340 U.S. at 195-197. In so doing, the Court distinguished its decision in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Ackerman</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>from that in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Klapprott</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>noting the difference was “choice and no choice, imprisonment and freedom<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">of action; no trial and trial; no counsel and counsel; [and] no chance for negligence and inexcusable negligence.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Ackerman,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">340 U.S. at 202.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">More</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>recently, the Supreme Court held that<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>district court’s denial of petitioner’s motion under Rule 60(b)(6)</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>was an abuse of discretion after finding that petitioner clearly established ineffective assistance of counsel in a capital murder case</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Buck v. Davis</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">580 U.S. __</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 137 S.Ct. 759</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>(</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">2017).</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The Commission has also decided cases dealing with Rule 60(b)(6) jurisdiction.<span>
						</span></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Consistent with the Supreme Court’s analysis, the Commission has held that a party seeking relief under Rule 60(b)(6) has the burden of persuasion that there are “extraordinary circumstances showing that the employer is faultless in the delay.” </span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Treeman Landscaping</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, 25 BNA OSHC 2048, 2048 (No. 10-2333, 2016).</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">
					</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Although<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, Juan Quevedo,</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">cannot prove that he did not receive the Citation package, in order to show “extraordinary circumstances” warranting relief under Rule 60(b)(6), he must, at a minimum, show that he played no role in causing his<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">NOC</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to be filed late</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. </span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; "><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Sufficiency of<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Service</span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; ">The Commission has consistently held § 10(a) of the Act governs service of citations.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes, Inc</span>., 7 BNA OSHC 1471, 1474 n. 6 (No. 76-2165, 1979). It requires the Secretary to “notify the employer by certified mail of the penalty...”.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>It provides no more specificity.<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>In<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes</span>, the Commission addressed the Secretary’s obligation under § 10(a), holding<span><span></span>
					</span>that the<span>
					</span>test to be applied in determining whether service is proper is whether the service is reasonably calculated to provide an employer with knowledge of the citation and notification of proposed penalty and an opportunity to determine whether to abate or contest. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">B.J. Hughes,<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">7 BNA OSHC at 1474. In the case at bar, the evidence reflects that<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">the C</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">itation package w</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">as</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>mailed through USPS certified mail return receipt requested. </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">GX-1. </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Citation package w</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">as</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>mailed to Respondent’s<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">known<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">business address. Ex</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">. A</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to Motion to Dismiss.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">However, neither the package nor receipt were returned. As a follow-up, OSHA mailed the Citation package a second time using regular mail. Tr.<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">23-24. </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "></span></p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; text-indent:1.27cm; "><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">In<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Powell v. Commissioner</span>, 958 F.2d 53, 54 (4th<span><span></span>
					</span>Cir. 1992)<span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span>the court held that, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is reasonable to presume that the United States Postal Service officials have properly discharged their duties.<span><span></span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Normally, the fact that<span>
					</span>OSHA<span><span></span>
					</span>mailed the Citation packages<span><span></span>
					</span>using the Postal Service would entitle it to a presumption of delivery regardless of<span>
					</span>Respondent’s<span><span></span>
					</span>assertion of non-receipt.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Rosenthal v. Walker</span>, 111 U.S. 185, 193 (1884), that notes<span><span></span>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; margin-right:48px; ">If a letter properly directed is proved to have been either put into the post-office or delivered to the postman, it is presumed, from the known course of business in the post-office department, that it reached its destination at the regular time, and was received by the person to whom it was addressed.</p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="text-align:justify; margin-left:48px; text-indent:1.27cm; margin-right:48px; "> </p>
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				<p class="style_Normal style_Normal " style="line-height:2; text-align:justify; ">However, the common law mailbox rule presumption is rebuttable with evidence that the letter was never received.<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Rios v. Nicholson</span>, 490 F.3d 928, 931 (Fed.<span><span></span>
					</span>Cir.<span><span></span>
					</span>2007).<span>
					</span><span><span></span>
					</span>“If there is opposing evidence that the letter was not received, the trier of fact must weigh the evidence ‘with all the other circumstances of the case’ to determine whether the letter was actually received.”<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Tatum v. MSPB</span>, 482 F.<span><span></span>
					</span>App’x. 554, 556 (Fed.<span><span></span>
					</span>Cir.<span><span></span>
					</span>2012)<span><span></span>
					</span>(unpublished)<span>
					</span>(citing<span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Rios v. Nicholson</span>, 490 F.3d at 931 (2007)). Juan Quevedo testified that he only received one Citation Package (16-2015). Tr. 51. The reason<span>
					</span>Mr. Quevedo gave for<span>
					</span>receiving only one Citation<span><span></span>
					</span>is that<span><span></span>
					</span>he moved from<span>
					</span>his known business<span>
					</span>address<span><span></span>
					</span>and residence<span><span></span>
					</span>to which the Citations at issue were sent to 315 7<span style="position:relative;font-size:0.58em; bottom: 1ex;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">th</span><span><span></span>
					</span>Street in Fairview, NJ on or about July 4, 2015. Tr. 51-52. Although Mr. Quevedo conceded that he did not<span><span></span>
					</span>forward his mail to the new address through the Postal Service, he claimed that he informed OSHA of his new address. Tr. 52. However, Mr. Quevedo’s claim of notification to OSHA is controverted by two OSHA Compliance Officers (CO). CO Howard Dixon testified that he conducted an inspection of a Frame Q worksite on December 22, 2015, months after Mr. Quevedo said he moved. Tr. 38. During that inspection, CO Dixon had a conversation with Mr. Quevedo, by phone, in which he was given<span>
					</span>the known business address<span><span></span>
					</span>in Palisades Park. Tr. 38-39. CO Sydenstricker testified that he too conducted an inspection of a Frame Q worksite in 2015. Tr. 44. At that time, he spoke to Mr. Quevedo, in person, and was also given the<span>
					</span>known<span><span></span>
					</span>business address.<span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><a name="ftnref5" href="#ftn5">6</a></span> Tr. 45-46. OSHA Area Director, Lisa Levy testified that she had no information regarding an address for Frame Q other than the one in Palisades Park. Tr. 25. The weight of the evidence does not support Mr. Quevedo’s claim that he informed OSHA of his new address in Fairview, NJ, neither does it rebut the presumption that USPS delivered<span><span></span>
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					</span>which, if true, is likely a result of his failure to forward his mail. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Id</span>. Mr. Quevedo’s decision not to forward his mail is inconsistent with the Commission’s expectations of how responsible employers should handle such matters. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">See</span><span><span></span>
					</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">L</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">a.</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">-Pac</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">.</span><span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; "><span><span></span>
						</span>Corp.</span>, 13 BNA OSHC 2020, 2021 (No. 86-1266, 1989) (holding that the Commission expects employers to maintain orderly procedures for handling important documents). Clearly, failing to forward mail to a new address falls short of an “orderly procedure” for receiving or handling important documents such as Citation packages. Also, Mr. Quevedo<span>
					</span>testified that he had relatives still living at the old address (200 B Commercial Ave., Palisades Park, NJ) after he moved to Fairview, NJ. Tr. 53. His mom lived in the old address after he moved as did his sister. Tr. 55-56. According to Mr. Quevedo, his sister forwards mail to him although she never told him that she received any mail from OSHA. Tr. 56. </p>
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						</span>on point with those in the<span>
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						</span>case, the rationale used by the Court in<span>
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						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">sheds light on whether “extraordinary circumstances” exists here. As in<span>
						</span></span><span style="font-style:italic; color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic; ">Ackerman</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, Mr. Quevedo</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">’s fate rests on his own choices. Mr. Quevedo</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">could have chosen</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
						</span>to forward his mail by filing a change of address form with the USPS. However, he chose not to do so. In the absence of such a formal and orderly process to ensure receipt of work-related mail, Mr. Quevedo could have informed OSHA of his new address when he moved. He chose not to do so. Mr. Quevedo could have set up a separate post office box for receipt of his work-related mail. The evidence does not reflect that he took that route either. At<span>
						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">t</span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">he very least, receipt of the first Citation package (16-2015) should have put Mr. Quevedo on notice that he might receive future communications from OSHA regarding those violations. However, Mr. Quevedo chose not to act. </span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">Respondent has failed to establish extraordinary circumstances to warrant relief under Rule 60(b)(6). </span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">The intervening factors make<span>
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						</span></span><span style="color:#212121; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">a grant of relief to one who chose to forego his right to receive notice inequitable. </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">F</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">inally</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; ">, Respondent has not asserted that it has a “meritorious defense”.</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "> Accordingly, the undersigned finds that the Secretary properly served the Citation to Respondent at his known business address. However, Respondent failed to act and</span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; "><span><span></span>
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					<a name="ftn0" href="#ftnref0"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">1 </span></a><span><span></span>
					</span>Although this decision only addresses case docket no. 16-2010, the Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss covers this case along with related case docket nos. 16-2011, 16-2012, 16-2013, 16-2014 and 16-2015. None have been consolidated. On September 11, 2017, the undersigned issued a Decision and Order Granting the Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss Respondent’s Late Notice of Contest for case docket no. 16-2015. That decision became a final<span>
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						</span></span>The background information is based on the Secretary’s<span>
					</span>Motion to<span>
					</span>Dismiss, supporting memorandum of law, and the exhibits attached thereto<span><span></span>
					</span>along with the evidence of record from the September 18, 2017, supplemental hearing. During the supplemental hearing, one document was moved and admitted into evidence without objection. It was a copy of the OSHA Area Director’s affidavit (the same affidavit submitted in support of the Secretary’s Motion to Dismiss). The affidavit was marked and is herein referenced as GX-1.<span>
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					</span>Respondent’s NOC purported to contest case docket numbers: 16-2010; 16-2011; 16-2012; 16-2013; and 16-2014 along with docket no. 16-2015 which has already<span>
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					</span>The Second Circuit, which has appellate jurisdiction over this case, has held that section 10(a) of the Act precludes the Commission from applying Rule 60(b) to excuse a late NOC. <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">Chao v. Russell P. LeFrois Builder, Inc.</span>, 291 F.3d 219 (2d Cir. 2002). However, the Commission has followed the holding of the Third Circuit that section 10(a) is not a bar to Commission review and that it “has jurisdiction to entertain a late notice of contest under” the excusable neglect standard of Rule 60(b). <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">See George Harms Constr. Co. v. Chao</span>, 371 F.3d 156, 161<span><span></span>
					</span>(3d Cir. 2004). Applying either interpretation of section 10(a) to this case doesn’t change the outcome.</p>
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					<a name="ftn4" href="#ftnref4"><span class="style_FootnoteReference style_FootnoteReference " style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; ">5 </span></a>The Second Circuit has held that<span>
					</span>“[i]n order to make a sufficient showing of a meritorious defense in connection with a motion to vacate a default judgment, the defendant need not establish his defense conclusively, but he must present evidence of facts that, if proven at trial, would constitute a complete defense.” <span style="font-style:italic; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-size:10pt; font-style:italic; ">SEC v. Robert J.<span>
						</span></span>McNulty, 137 F.3d 732,<span>
					</span>740<span><span></span>
					</span>(2d Cir. 1998).</p>
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					</span>When Mr. Quevedo spoke to CO Sydenstricker, the two conversed in Spanish. Tr. 57. This is important because Mr. Quevedo used the assistance of a Spanish interpreter at the hearing. However, it was clear to the undersigned that Mr. Quevedo understands some English based on the number of times, during the hearing, he attempted to answer questions without<span><span></span>
					</span>the aid of the<span><span></span>
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