Tufa Iuvale v. Coastal Marine Services

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 5 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

TUFA IUVALE, No. 19-71172 Petitioner, BRB Nos. 18-0159 18-0159A v.

COASTAL MARINE SERVICES, MEMORANDUM*

Employer; SEABRIGHT INSURANCE COMPANY, Carrier; DIRECTOR, OFFICE

OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

PROGRAMS,

Respondents.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Benefits Review Board

Submitted September 3, 2020** Seattle, Washington

Before: TASHIMA, BYBEE, and COLLINS, Circuit Judges.

Memorandum joined by Judge BYBEE and Judge COLLINS; Dissent by Judge TASHIMA

Tufa Iuvale petitions for review of the decision of the Benefits Review

Board (“BRB”) affirming the amount of attorney’s fees and costs awarded to his

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes that this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See FED. R. APP. P. 34(a)(2)(C). attorney, Jeffrey Winter, by the…