Tillackdharry v. Merit Systems Protection Board

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. United States Court of AppeaIs for the FederaI Circuit MAYLASAATHI TILLACKDHARRY, Petition,er, ' v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Resp0ndent. 2011-3176 _ Petitior1 for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in case no. PH0752100419-I-1. ON MOTION ORDER The petitioner submits an incomplete Fed. Cir. R. 15(c) statement. The Department of the State moves to reform the official caption to designate the Merit Systems Proteotion Board as the respondent. The petitioner states that she is unable to complete the statement We note that the Board dismissed her appeal for lack of jurisdiction and did not address her discrimination claims. Thus, she should have checked statement option 3, that her petition seeks review only of TILLACKDHARRY V. MSPB 2 the dismissal. See Symm v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd., 765 F.2d 1099 (Fed. Cir. 1985) (Federal Circuit has jurisdiction to review Board's dismissal of appeal, when Board did not address discrimination claims on the merits due to lack of jurisdiction). The statement is required to inform this court whether the petition involves discrimination issues (in which case this court would not have jurisdiction). ln this petition there were no discrimination issues decided by the Board, and thus we waive the requirement that she complete the form. Upon consideration thereof, IT ls ORDERE:o THAT: (1) The requirement that petitioner complete a Fed. Cir. R. 15(c) statement is waived. Statement 3 of that form applies because the petitioner seeks review of the Board's dismissal of her appeal, (2) The Department's motion is granted The revised official caption is reflected above The Board should calculate its brief due date from the date of filing of this order. FOR THE COURT l 5 /s/' J an Horbaly Date J an Horbaly Clerk cc: MaylaSaathi Tillackdharry A. Bondurant Eley, Esq. Earl Sanders, Esq. (copy of petitioner's informal brief enclosed) FELE 83 u.s. cover us Ac?r>azALs ron me renew cu=zcun SEP 15 2011 JAN HDRBALY CLERK