Case Name: KANAWHA COAL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. John AKERS; Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Respondents
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-03-22
Citations: 171 F. App'x 991
Docket Number: No. 05-1594
Parties: KANAWHA COAL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. John AKERS; Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Respondents.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 171
Pages: 991–991

Head Matter:
KANAWHA COAL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. John AKERS; Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Respondents.
No. 05-1594.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Feb. 28, 2006.
Decided: March 22, 2006.
David L. Yaussy, Robinson & Mcelwee, Pile, Charleston, West Virginia, for Petitioner. Sandra M. Fogel, Culley & Wis-sore, Carbondale, Illinois; Mary Z. Natkin, James M. Phemister, Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia, for Respondent John Akers.
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Kanawha Coal Company seeks review of the Benefits Review Board's decision and order affirming the administrative law judge's award of black lung benefits on a claim filed by John Akers pursuant to 30 U.S.C. § 901-945 (2000). Our review of the record discloses that the Board's decision is based upon substantial evidence and is without reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the Board. See Kanawha Coal Co. v. Akers, No. 04-652-BLA (BRB Apr. 29, 2005). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED