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Thelma Brown Thompson — ADJ12006252

THELMA BROWN THOMPSON, Applicant vs. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE FACILITY; STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ12006252
Decision date
Sep 3, 2026
District office
Los Angeles
WCJ
—
Claim administrator
State Compensation Insurance Fund
Commissioners
CRAIG L. SNELLINGS, COMMISSIONER, JOSÉ H. RAZO, COMMISSIONER, KATHERINE WILLIAMS DODD, COMMISSIONER
LC §5909LC §5900LC §5903CCR §10605CCR §10507CCR §10600CCR §10508CCR §10940CCR §10845CCR §10615CCR §10392CCR §10961

Summary

Applicant Thelma Brown Thompson, in pro per, filed a Petition for Reconsideration on July 6, 2026, challenging the Appeals Board's February 9, 2026 Opinion and Order Dismissing Reconsideration, which had dismissed her December 5, 2025 petition as untimely. Both petitions ultimately sought to challenge the September 19, 2025 Findings and Award issued by the WCJ. The Board found the July 6, 2026 petition was filed 147 days after the February 9, 2026 Opinion was served—far beyond the 25-day jurisdictional deadline. Because the time limit is jurisdictional, the Board held it had no authority to consider the untimely petition and dismissed it. The Board also noted the WCJ's August 3, 2026 Order Denying Change of Venue was void because district offices cannot act while a case is pending on reconsideration.

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