State of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, legally uninsured, administered by State Compensation Insurance Fund Lance Ferris WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIALANCE FERRIS, Applicantvs.STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ANDREHABILITATION, legally uninsured, administered by STATE COMPENSATIONINSURANCE FUND, DefendantsAdjudication Number: ADJ11199017Redding District OfficeOPINION AND ORDERDISMISSING PETITION FORRECONSIDERATION Applicant seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Award, (Findings and Order, hereafter F&O)1 issued by the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on November 2, 2020, wherein the WCJ found in pertinent part that applicant sustained a psychiatric injury arising out of and occurring in the course of employment (AOE/COE), and that the psychiatric injury was substantially caused by lawful, non-discriminatory, good faith personnel actions. The WCJ ordered that applicant take nothing by way of the psychiatric injury claim. Applicant contends that he experienced discrimination at work, that he suffered “disparate treatment” as delineated in the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), and that “he was not given a fair trial.” We received a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration (Report) from the WCJ recommending the Petition be denied. We received an Answer from defendant. We have considered the allegations in the Petition for Reconsideration (Petition) and the Answer, and the contents of the Report. Based on our review of the record, for the reasons stated by the WCJ in the Report, which we incorporate herein by this reference, and for the reasons 1 By what appears to be a clerical error, the WCJ’s decision was incorrectly titled “Findings and Award.” , discussed below, we will dismiss the Petition. We also note that if considered on the merits, the Petition would be denied.BACKGROUND Applicant claimed a psy
