Case: 14-3054 Document: 9 Page: 1 Filed: 03/27/2014
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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SIDNEY NELSON, JR.,
Petitioner,
v.
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT,
Respondent.
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2014-3054
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Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. SF-0845-13-0347-I-1.
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ON MOTION
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Before PROST, O’MALLEY, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
ORDER
The Office of Personnel Management moves to waive
the requirements of Federal Circuit Rule 27(f) and to
dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Sidney Nel-
son, Jr. did not respond.
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This court’s review of Merit Systems Protection Board
(“MSPB”) decisions is limited to final orders or final
decisions. See Weed v. Soc. Sec. Admin., 571 F.3d 1359,
1361-63 (Fed. Cir. 2009); see also 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(9).
Here, Mr. Nelson filed a timely petition for review with
the MSPB, which remains pending and which rendered
the initial decision non-final for purposes of our review. 5
C.F.R. § 1201.113(a) (“The initial decision will not become
the Board’s final decision if within the time limit for filing
. . . any party files a petition for review . . .”). Because
there is no final order or final decision of the MSPB, this
court currently lacks jurisdiction over this case.
That conclusion is not altered by the fact that Mr.
Nelson filed a petition for review at this court before filing
his petition at the MSPB. The usual rule that the filing of
a timely request for reconsideration tolls finality, see
Stone v. Immigration & Naturalization Serv., 514 U.S.
386, 392-93 (1995), applies even where, as here, the
request is made subsequent to the filing of the petition for
judicial review. See Wade v. Fed. Commc’ns Comm’n, 986
F.2d 1433, 1434 (D.C. Cir. 1993) (holding that the appel-
lant’s “request for agency reconsideration rendered the
underlying action nonfinal, regardless of the order of
filing”).
This order does not prevent Mr. Nelson from seeking
this court’s review by filing a timely petition for review
after the MSPB enters a final decision.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The motion is granted. The petition is dismissed.
(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.
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FOR THE COURT
/s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk of Court
ISSUED AS A MANDATE: March 27, 2014
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