R.R. Donnelley, Ulices Trejo WORKERS-COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAULICES TREJO, Applicant,vs.R.R. DONNELLEY, Defendants,JOYCE ALTMAN INTERPRETERS, Lien claimant.Case No. ADJ3705667OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING REMOVALAND DECISION AFTER REMOVAL Lien claimant petitioned for removal of this case to the Appeals Board following issuance of the January 11, 2010 Order1 (Order) of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ), which provides as follows: “IT IS ORDERED THAT defendant serve upon ALCALA ASSOCIATES LOS ANGELES on behalf of Joyce Altman Interpreters all medical reports and documents it intends to rely upon, including notices required under 8 Cal. Code rcg. §9795.4. Lien-claimant may obtain other records by subpoena and claim medical-legal costs if the principal (doctor) will not provide them;’ AND: “IF MARKET RATE is relied upon, lien-claimant shall serve upon defendant a list of each interpreter providing services, together with the certification number of each independent contractor interpreter, not employed by Joyce Altman Interpreting, and proof of market rate 1 The identical order concerning this lien claimant was issued in several other cases by the same WCJ. Lien claimant separately petitioned for removal of each of those cases to the Appeals Board for the same reasons. However, the cases were not consolidated to address the issue and the defendants in the cases arc different. Accordingly, we issue separate decisions in each of the cases although the decision we reach in each of them is the same. , Lien claimant contends that lhe WCJ should have ordered defendant to provide copies of all the medical reports in its possession and not just those “it intends to rely upon,” that there is no basis for the order requiring “proof of market rate of each interpreter.” and that the WCJ is biased as shown by his decision and other actions. We grant removal and as our Decision After Removal amend the WCJ’s Order to re
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