No. 19-1164

Jocelyn A. Johnson v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al.

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2020-03-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: administrative-procedure disability-rating due-process fourteenth-amendment medical-evidence senate-bill-31 statute-of-limitations workers-compensation
Latest Conference: 2020-05-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does the Workers ' Compensation Judge relying on
medical reports according to Senate Bill 31
guidelines and not the permanent disability rating
, schedule a denial of due process?

2. Does the Workers ' Compensation Judge omitting
substantial medical evidence and reports deny due
process under the Fourteenth Amendment?

3. Does Workers ' Compensation Appeals Board
prematurely destroying the Board 's adjudication
files deny due process?

4. Whether the statute of limitations is
unconstitutional when the Due Process Clause of
the Fourteenth Amendment is violated?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Workers' Compensation Judge relying on medical reports according to Senate Bill 31 guidelines and not the permanent disability rating schedule a denial of due process?

Docket Entries

2020-08-03
Rehearing DENIED.
2020-07-09
DISTRIBUTED.
2020-06-15
2020-05-26
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
2020-04-06
Waiver of right of respondent California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board to respond filed.
2020-02-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 23, 2020)
2020-02-10
Application (19A885) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 13, 2020.
2020-01-30
Application (19A885) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 11, 2020 to March 13, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
Anne SchmitzCalifornia Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Respondent
Jocelyn Johnson
Jocelyn A. Johnson — Petitioner