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This case involves applicant Maria Ramirez's petition for removal, seeking to undo a notation on a Minute Order from a Mandatory Settlement Conference (MSC). Ramirez alleged irreparable harm from an order compelling her to attend a Qualified Medical Evaluation (QME) despite an agreement to use an Agreed Medical Evaluator (AME). The Board denied the petition, finding no evidence that the WCJ ordered a PQME or that Ramirez requested an AME examination with the proposed evaluator. The WCJ correctly took the cases off calendar due to the defendant's timely objection to Ramirez's Declaration of Readiness to Proceed, which relied on a deceased AME's report.
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This case involves applicant Maria Ramirez's petition for removal, seeking to undo a notation on a Minute Order from a Mandatory Settlement Conference (MSC). Ramirez alleged irreparable harm from an order compelling her to attend a Qualified Medical Evaluation (QME) despite an agreement to use an Agreed Medical Evaluator (AME). The Board denied the petition, finding no evidence that the WCJ ordered a PQME or that Ramirez requested an AME examination with the proposed evaluator. The WCJ correctly took the cases off calendar due to the defendant's timely objection to Ramirez's Declaration of Readiness to Proceed, which relied on a deceased AME's report.
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