FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

601 NEW JERSEY AVENUE N. W., SUITE 9500

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001


November 7, 2011

 

SECRETARY OF LABOR,MSHA,
on behalf of THURMAN WAYNE
PRUITT,
Complainant


v.


GRAND EAGLE MINING, INC.,
Respondent
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TEMPORARY REINSTATEMENT
PROCEEDING

Docket No. KENT 2011-1152-D
MADI-CD-2011-08

DISCRIMINATION PROCEEDING

Docket No. KENT 2011-1258-D
MADI-CD-2011-08

Grand Eagle Prep Plant
Mine ID 15-19011

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

 

Appearances:  Jennifer Booth Thomas, Esq., Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, Nashville, Tennessee, on behalf of the Secretary;

                        Tony Oppegard, Esq., Lexington, Kentucky, on behalf of Thurman Wayne Pruitt;

Jeffrey K. Phillips, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, on behalf of Grand Eagle Mining, Inc.,

 

Before:            Judge Melick 


            The Secretary requests approval to withdraw her complaint in the captioned cases. The individual miner, who is the subject of the complaint, has also agreed to the withdrawal based on a mutually agreeable settlement. Under the circumstances herein, permission to withdraw is granted. 29 C.F.R. § 2700.11.. The cases are therefore dismissed.





                                                                         /s/

                                                                        Gary Melick

                                                                        Administrative Law Judge

                                                                        (202) 434-9977

 




Distribution:(By Certified Mail, and Email)


Jennifer Booth Thomas, Esq., U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, 618 Church Street, Suite 230, Nashville, TN 37219


Tony Oppegard, Esq., P.O. Box 22446, Lexington, Kentucky 40522


Jeffrey Phillips, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson, 1010 Monarch Street, Suite 250, P.O. Box 910810, Lexington, KY 40591-0810


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