ALJ Error Appeal Timeliness.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Mary Madison v. United States Department of Labor, et al.

Case No.: 18-1800

Officials: ROVNER, HAMILTON, and BRENNAN, Circuit Judges.

Focus: ALJ Error Appeal Timeliness

Following her discharge from Kenco Logistics ("Kenco"), Mary Madison filed a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") charging that she was terminated in retaliation for engaging in protected activity. OSHA dismissed her complaint, and in a subsequent de novo proceeding conducted at Madison's request, an administrative law judge ("ALJ") entered a summary decision against her. Madison asked the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board ("ARB" or the "Board") to review the ALJ's decision, but the Board dismissed her appeal as untimely. Madison now seeks review...