UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 17-1996

WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR; PATSY MAGGARD, Respondents.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Benefits Review Board. (16-0555 BLA)

Submitted: March 20, 2018 Decided: March 22, 2018

Before KING and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Paul E. Frampton, Fazal A. Shere, BOWLES RICE LLP, Charleston, West Virginia, for Petitioner. Evan B. Smith, APPALACHIAN CITIZENS’ LAW CENTER, Whitesburg, Kentucky; Joseph Allman, ALLMAN LAW LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, for Respondent.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Westmoreland Coal Company seeks review of the Benefits Review Board’s decision and order affirming the administrative law judge’s award of black lung benefits pursuant to 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-944 (2012). Our review of the record discloses that the Board’s decision is based upon substantial evidence and is without reversible error.

Accordingly, we deny the petition for review for the reasons stated by the Board.

Westmoreland Coal Co. v. Dir., Office of Workers’ Comp. Programs, No. 16-0555 BLA (B.R.B. June 26, 2017). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

PETITION DENIED