What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration is dismissed and Petition for Removal is denied.
Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Order Denying Petition for Change of Venue issued by the WCJ on August 16, 2022.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The WCJ's order denying change of venue was interlocutory and not a final order, so reconsideration was dismissed. Removal was denied because the petitioner did not show substantial prejudice or irreparable harm and reconsideration would be an adequate remedy.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Order Denying Petition [for] Change of Venue (Order) issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on August 16, 2022. As relevant herein, the WCJ denied defendant's Petition for Change of Venue to the Redding District Office on the grounds that Sacramento was the district office nearest to applicant's residence pursuant to Labor Code1 section 5501.5(d).
The facts that decided it
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