What the panel ordered
Petition for removal dismissed as untimely filed.
Petition for removal filed by applicant from the Order Vacating and Setting Aside Findings and Award and Opinion on Decision issued by WCJ on May 6, 2025.
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 petition for removal was filed on October 15, 2025, which was untimely as the order was served on May 6, 2025, and the petition should have been filed on or before June 2, 2025, including mailing time.
From the decision · page 1Pursuant to WCAB Rule 10955, a petition for removal must be filed within 20 days after the service of the order or decision, or of the occurrence of the action in issue. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10955(a).) Here, the Petition for Removal was filed on October 15, 2025, however, the Order was served on May 6, 2025. Including five days for mailing (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10605), the petition should have been filed on or before June 2, 2025. As the petition is untimely, the petition will be dismissed.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.