Burroughs v. Department of the Army

NOTE: ThiS order is nonprecedential United States Court of Appeals for the FederaI Circuit MILO D. BURROUGHS, Petiti0ner, V. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, Respondent. 2011-3187 . Petiti0n for review of the Me1'it SyStemS P1'0tecti0n Board in case no. AT3330100828-I-1. ON MOTION Before LOUR1E, MO0RE, and REYNA, Circmlz Judges. PER CURLAM. _ ORDER Mi1o D. Burr0ughs moves for reconsideration of the court‘s previous rejection of his petition for review as untimely ' BURROUGHS V. ARMY 2 On April 27, 2011, the Merit Systems Protection Board dismissed BurroughS’ petition for review for lack of jurisdiction Burroughs received the decision on April 30, 2011. The court received Burroughs’ petition for review on July 6, 2011, or 66 days after Burroughs received the Board’s final order. A petition for review must be received by the court within 60 days of receipt of notice of the Board's final order. 5 U.S.C. § 77G3(b)(1). To be timely filed, the petition must be received by this court on or before the date that the petition is due. Pinat v. Office of Personn,el Management, 931 F.2d 1544, 1546 (Fed. Cir. 1991) (peti- ti0n is filed when received by this court; court dismissed petition received nine days late). Because Burroughs’ petition was not timely received by this court, it must be dismissed. Bowles u. Russell, 551 U.S. 205 (2007) (the timely filing of a notice of appeal in a civil case is a juris- dictional requirement that cannot be waived). Accordingly, IT lS ORDERED THATZ Burroughs’ motion for reconsideration is denied and this petition for review is dismissed as untimely f1led. FoR THE CoURT 0 6 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date J an Horbaly Clerk cc: Milo D. Burroughs Vincent D. Phillips, Esq. 3 r- rn § U.S. COURT EALS FOR §§ xv -a 91 THE FED RCU1T SEP 06 2011 JAN HORBALY CLERK s20