Court Opinion

ID: 9863910
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-25 11:43:28.884052+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:04:47.064884
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JORDAN, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
Had the issues raised by the appellants in AL II been separate and distinct from the issues raised in AL I, I would agree with the appellants that they could file a federal action once the ALJ entered a final order in AL II. But, as the Court correctly notes, the appellants filed AL II while AL I was pending, and the issues they raised in AL II were largely the same as those presented in AL I. In other words, AL II was duplicative of AL I and was dismissed by the ALJ on that basis. Under the circumstances, the appellants did not exhaust their administrative remedies as to the common issues raised in AL II until the ALJ entered a final order in AL I on December 27, 2012.