Armando Fonseca — ADJ11654425

Applicant Armando Fonseca filed a Petition for Reconsideration and, alternatively, a Petition for Removal challenging a WCJ's decision. The Board determined that the WCJ's decision resolved only an intermediate procedural or evidentiary issue and did not determine any substantive right, liability, or threshold issue, making it a non-final order not subject to reconsideration. The Board therefore dismissed the petition to the extent it sought reconsideration. To the extent the petition sought removal, the Board denied it, finding the applicant failed to show substantial prejudice or irreparable harm or that reconsideration would be an inadequate remedy. The decision cited Padilla v. WCAB regarding a challenge to a panel based on a Saturday QME appointment, suggesting a QME panel dispute underlay the procedural matter.