State of California Court of Appeals First Appellate District Marathon Plaza, South Tower 303 Second Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, California 94107 Charles R. Engel v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board and United Parcel Service, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Respondents Case #AO81728 Division 4 Channing Hoo, Deputy Clerk Phone: (415) 396-9696

February 24, 1998

State of California
Court of Appeals
First Appellate District
Marathon Plaza, South Tower
303 Second Street, Suite 600

San Francisco, California 94107

Re: WCAB Case No. WCK 0033454

California Workers’ Compensation Law is in violation of the 14^th Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 1, Section 7(a) of the State Constitution. I am being denied equal protection under the law. No one has argued this point. This Constitutional breach involves two legal disciplines, Workers’ Compensation and Civil Rights.

The accompanying documentation, listed on the next page, outlines the formal steps I have taken in an attempt to address this apparent fact.

The amended order denying petition for removal (case No. WCK 33454) of January 20, 1998 states: "The WCAB is without power to declare a statute unconstitutional; the Board must comply with the statute until an appellate court upholds a constitutional challenge. (Greener v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd. (1983) 6 Cal.4^th 1028, 58 Cal.Comp. Cases 783, 798.)

I pray that the District Court of Appeal declare unconstitutional those statutes that deny me equal protection under the law.

Respectfully,

Charles R. Engel
Injured Worker 

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