Christina Menchaca — ADJ16483435

Defendant Oroville City Elementary School District (self-insured, administered by Keenan & Associates) sought reconsideration of a WCJ order denying its Petition for Change of Venue from the Sacramento District Office to the Redding District Office. The WCJ found Sacramento was the district office nearest applicant's residence under Labor Code section 5501.5(d). Defendant argued applicant's residence was nearer to the Chico and Marysville satellite offices managed by Redding. The Appeals Board held that a venue order is an interlocutory procedural decision, not a 'final' order subject to reconsideration, so it dismissed the petition to the extent it sought reconsideration. The Board also denied removal because defendant failed to show substantial prejudice or irreparable harm or that reconsideration would be an inadequate remedy.