Brown v. United States Postal Service

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential United States Court of AppeaIs for the FederaI Circuit DAMIAN L. BROWN, Petiti0ner, V. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Resp0n,dent. 2012-3002 _ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in case no. CH0752080818-I-2. ON MOTION Before LOURIE, PROST, and MOORE, Circuit Judges. PER CUR1AM. ORDER Damian L. BroWn moves for reconsideration of the court’s previous rejection of his petition for revieW. The Merit Systems Protecti0n Board issued its final order on June 16, 2011. Mr. BroWn received the order on June 19, 2011. Mr. Brown submitted a “petition for review" with this court on Au.gust 11, 2011, via facsimile BROWN V. USPS 2 Per Federal Circuit Rule 25, a petition for review may not be filed via facsimile Accordingly, no appeal was dock- eted. On September 9, 2011, more than 60 days after the date he received the Board’s final decision, Mr. Brown filed his petition for review with the court via United States mail. Our review of a Board decision or order is governed by 5 U.S.C. § '7703(b)(1), which provides that "[n]otwithstanding any other provision of law, any peti- tion for review must be filed within 60 days after the date the petitioner received notice of the final order or decision of the board." This filing period is “statutory, mandatory, [and] jurisdicti0nal." Mon.zo v. Dep't of Transportati0n, 735 F.2d 1335, 1336 (Fed. Cir. 1984); see also Bowles v. Ru,ssell, 551 U.S. 205 (2007) (the timely filing of a notice of appeal in a civil case is a jurisdictional requirement that cannot be waived). Because Mr. Brown’s petition was not received within 60 days of the date he received the Board‘s decision, we must dismiss his petition as untimely. Accordingly, IT ls 01-u)ERE1;) THA'1‘: 1) Mr. Brown's motion for reconsideration is denied, and his petition is dismissed. (2) All sides shall bear their own costs FoR THE CoUR'r FEB 06 2012 /s/ J an Horbaly Date J an Horbaly Clerk FlLED U.S. COUBT 0F APPEAl.S FOR THE FEDERAL ClHCU|T FEB 0 6 2012 JAN HORBA\.Y Cl.ERK 3 ccc Da1nian L. Brown Robert C. Bigler, Esq. 25 ` issued As A Mandate: FEB 0 6 BRoWN v. USPS