934 F2d 320 Shoop v. Flat Gap Mining Company

934 F.2d 320
Unpublished Disposition

Herman SHOOP, Petitioner,
v.
FLAT GAP MINING COMPANY, Director, Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs, United States Department of
Labor, Respondents.

No. 91-2611.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted May 6, 1991.
Decided May 28, 1991.

NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Benefits Review Board. (88-2760-BLA)

Herman Shoop, petitioner pro se.

Harry Ashby Dickerson, Penn, Stuart, Eskridge & Jones, Abingdon, Va., Priscilla Anne Schwab, Barbara J. Johnson, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for respondents.

Ben.Rev.Bd.

DISMISSED.

Before DONALD RUSSELL, WILKINSON and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

1

Herman Shoop seeks review of the Benefits Review Board's decision and order affirming the administrative law judge's denial of black lung benefits pursuant to 30 U.S.C. Secs. 901 et seq. Our review of the record discloses that Shoop noted this appeal outside the 60-day appeal period established by 33 U.S.C. Sec. 921(c). See also 20 C.F.R. Secs. 802.406 and 802.410(a). Petitioner's failure to note a timely appeal deprives this Court of jurisdiction to consider this case. See Adkins v. Director, OWCP, 889 F.2d 1360 (4th Cir.1989). We therefore grant respondent's motion and dismiss the appeal. 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.

2

DISMISSED.