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Velasco, Geronimo

GERONIMO VELASCO, Applicant vs. PENTAGON TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.; TRAVELERS WALNUT CREEK/THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ16200503
Decision date
Dec 4, 2022
District office
San Francisco
WCJ
—
Claim administrator
Travelers Walnut Creek/Third Party Administrator
Commissioners
ANNE SCHMITZ, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, JOSEPH V. CAPURRO, COMMISSIONER, KATHERINE A. ZALEWSKI, CHAIR
LC §5502LC §5311CCR §10955CCR §10960

Summary

Applicant Geronimo Velasco, in pro per, filed a Petition for Removal and Disqualification on December 5, 2022, complaining that he was unable to file a Declaration of Readiness (DOR) for an expedited hearing on temporary disability because defendant had earlier that same day electronically filed a DOR for a status conference set for December 28, 2022. The EAMS system does not permit more than one hearing to be scheduled at a time, which prevented applicant's DOR from being accepted. Applicant alleged the WCJ was biased for failing to set his expedited hearing. The Board held that the inability to file a DOR is neither an interim nor non-final order, so removal was unavailable, and that applicant failed to follow WCAB Rule 10960's procedural requirements or allege facts showing bias. The Board dismissed the Petition both as one for removal and as one for disqualification.

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