UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 18-2521
MIA C. ALFORD,
Petitioner,
v.
U. S. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Merit Systems Protection Board. (DC-0752-
13-0287-I-1)
Submitted: May 23, 2019 Decided: May 28, 2019
Before KING and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petition dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Mia C. Alford, Petitioner Pro Se. Katrina Marie Lederer, Office of General Counsel,
UNITED STATES MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Washington, D.C., for
Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Mia C. Alford petitions for review of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board’s
(“MSPB”) 2016 decision dismissing as barred by the doctrine of laches Alford’s appeal
of her 1996 termination of employment from the Drug Enforcement Administration. For
cases, like this one, that include at least one claim that the employer violated a federal
antidiscrimination statute, petitions for review of an MSPB decision must be made to the
appropriate district court. See Kloeckner v. Solis, 568 U.S. 41, 50 (2012). Accordingly,
this petition should have been filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina.
We decline to transfer the petition because we do not find that a transfer is in the
interest of justice. See 28 U.S.C. § 1631 (2012). Not only is the petition untimely,
5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(2) (2012), but the district court has also already considered and
rejected the claims Alford raises here, Alford v. Rosenberg, No. 7:16-cv-00376-D
(E.D.N.C. May 2, 2019). Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
PETITION DISMISSED
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