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ARB CASE NO. 98-100
In the Matter of:
BRENDA W. SHELTON,
v.
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY;
BEFORE: THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
AND AMENDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE Complainant has filed a motion in the form of a letter dated May 4, 1998, addressed to the Executive Director of the Administrative Review Board. The motion requests [Page 2] reversal of the Chief Administrative Law Judge's order of August 2, 1995. That order rejected Complainant's argument that the Wage and Hour Division's determination in favor of Complainant became the final order of the Department of Labor by operation of law because Respondents did not file a request for a hearing with the Chief Administrative Law Judge within five calendar days of the Administrator's order pursuant to 29 C.F.R. §24.4(d)(3)(i) (1997). Complainant's motion amounts to an interlocutory appeal, and the Secretary has held that such appeals are disfavored. Carter v. B & W Nuclear Technologies, Inc., Case No. 94-ERA-13, Sec. Ord. Denying Interlocutory Appeal, Sept. 28, 1994. In Carter the Secretary explained that:
Carter, slip op. at 2-3. Complainant has not offered any reasons why we should depart from the usual practice of avoiding piecemeal appeals.
Complainant's motion for reversal of the ALJ's order of August 2, 1995, is
denied. Complainant may raise any arguments concerning the timeliness of Respondent's
request for a hearing in her brief challenging the ALJ's recommended decision.1
Complainant's request for an extension of time in which to file her opening
brief or appendix is granted. Complainant may file an initial brief not to exceed forty (40)
double-spaced typed pages, on or before July 22, 1998. Respondents may file reply briefs,
not to exceed forty (40) double-spaced typed pages, on or before August 21, 1998.
Complainant may file a rebuttal brief, exclusively responsive to the reply briefs, and not to exceed
twenty (20) double-spaced typed pages, on or before September 8, 1998. All other terms
of the Board's April 2, 1998 Notice of Review and Order Establishing Briefing Schedule and Order
Requiring Submission of Record Appendix remain in effect.
SO ORDERED.
KARL J.
SANDSTROM
PAUL
GREENBERG
CYNTHIA L.
ATTWOOD
1 In a footnote in her letter-motion,
Complainant appears to raise questions about the impartiality of Chief Administrative Law Judge
Vittone, but does not request any specific relief in that regard.
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