Richard H. Hoidal v. Ann McLaughlin William L. Howard, Ii, District Director of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

892 F.2d 83 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Richard H. HOIDAL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ann MCLAUGHLIN, William L. Howard, II, District Director of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-3798. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 15, 1989. Decided Dec. 18, 1989. Before BROWNING, ALARCON, and HALL, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Hoidal appeals the dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of his writ of mandamus to compel the Office of Workers' Compensation Program ("OWCP") to reinstate his disability benefits under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 8101-8193 ("FECA"). We affirm. 3 Hoidal was employed as a warehouseman at the Naval Supply Center in Bremerton, Washington from 1951 until 1970, when he left because of an employment-related disability. Hoidal received periodic disability benefits under FECA until 1984, when OWCP terminated Hoidal's benefits on its own…