Michael E. Lesh v. Advantage Federal Resourcing;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MICHAEL E. LESH,
Petitioner,
v.
ADVANTAGE FEDERAL RESOURCING;
et al.,
Respondents.
No. 19-71780
BRB No. 18-0496
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Benefits Review Board
Submitted February 11, 2021**
San Francisco, California
Before: HURWITZ and BRESS, Circuit Judges, and FEINERMAN,*** District
Judge.
Michael E. Lesh petitions for review of the Department of Labor Benefits
Review Board’s decisions affirming two orders issued by the administrative law
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
*** The Honorable Gary Feinerman, United States District Judge for the
Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation.
FILED
APR 23 2021
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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judge awarding attorneys’ fees and supplemental attorneys’ fees to Lesh’s attorney,
Charles Robinowitz, pursuant to the Longshore and Harbor Workers’
Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. This court recently issued a
precedential opinion, Seachris v. Brady-Hamilton Stevedore Co., No. 18-71807, __
F.3d __ (9th Cir. Apr. 19, 2021), which addresses a Benefits Review Board fee
award to Robinowitz in a manner that likely bears on the orders challenged here.
Accordingly, we grant Lesh’s petition for review, vacate the Board’s decisions,
and remand to the Board for further consideration in light of Seachris. Each party
shall bear its own costs on appeal.
PETITION GRANTED; VACATED and REMANDED.

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