Case Name: Charles A. HAYWOOD, Petitioner, v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SHIPBUILDING INCORPORATED; Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-10-17
Citations: 450 F. App'x 270
Docket Number: No. 11-1432
Parties: Charles A. HAYWOOD, Petitioner, v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SHIPBUILDING INCORPORATED; Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.
Judges: Before SHEDD, AGEE, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 450
Pages: 270–271

Head Matter:
Charles A. HAYWOOD, Petitioner, v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SHIPBUILDING INCORPORATED; Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.
No. 11-1432.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 13, 2011.
Decided: Oct. 17, 2011.
Charles A. Haywood, Petitioner. Benjamin M. Mason, Mason, Mason, Walker & Hedrick, PC, Newport News, Virginia; Mark A. Reinhalter, Ann Marie Scarpino, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.
Before SHEDD, AGEE, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Petition dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Charles Haywood petitions this court for review of the order of the Benefits Review Board ("the Board") vacating the decision of the District Director of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs awarding attorney's fees to Haywood's counsel payable by Haywood and remanding for further proceedings. He also petitions for review of the Board's order denying reconsideration. This court lacks jurisdiction to review the order denying reconsideration. See Betty B Coal Co. v. Dir., Office of Workers' Comp. Programs, 194 F.3d 491, 496 (4th Cir.1999) (dismissing for lack of jurisdiction petition seeking review of order "summarily denying] reconsideration").
Turning to the underlying Board order, this court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders of the Board. 33 U.S.C. § 921(c); see Eggers v. Clinchfield Coal Co., 11 F.3d 35, 38 (4th Cir.1993) ("The finality requirement contained in § 921 encompasses the same concepts as finality in 28 U.S.C. § 1291 [ (2006) ].")• Because the Board remanded the case for further proceedings, the Board's order is not a final order. See Dir., Office of Workers' Comp. Programs v. Bath Iron Works Corp., 853 F.2d 11, 16 (1st Cir.1988) (holding that "an order remanding . to an [administrative law judge] for further findings is not, in general, immediately appealable under 33 U.S.C. § 921(c)").
Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for review for lack of jurisdiction. We deny Haywood's motion to hold his case in abeyance and 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.
PETITION DISMISSED.
Haywood filed his petition for review within sixty days of the Board's denial of reconsideration. See 33 U.S.C. § 921(c) (2006) (requiring that petition for review be filed within sixty days of Board order); 20 C.F.R. § 802.406 (2011) (sixty-day period for filing petition runs from issuance of Board's decision on reconsideration).