Newberry v. Dept. Of Veterans Affairs

NOTE: This order is n0nprecedential. United States Court of A11peaIs for the FederaI Circuit THOMAS E. NEWBERRY, Claimant-Appellant, - V. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee. 2011-7042 Appea1 from the United States Court of Appea1s for Veterar1s C1aims in case no. 10-2010, Chief Judge Bruce E. Kasold. ON MOTION Before GAJARSA, MAYER, and PROST, C'ircuit Judges. GAJARSA, Circuit JucZge. ORDER Thomas E. NeWberry moves without opposition for re- consideration of this c0urt's order dismissing his appeal for failure to file a brief, to vacate the judgment of the NEWBERRY V. DVA 2 United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and to remand for further proceedings in light of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Henderson ex rel. Henders0n v. Shinseki, 131 S.Ct. 1197 (U.S.,2011). The appellant filed a notice of appeal with the Court of Veterans Claims more than 120 days after the Board of Veterans’ Appeals mailed its decision in his case. The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims dismissed the appellant’s appeal as untimely, concluding that there is no equitable tolling exception to the 120-day judicial appeal period established by 38 U.S.C. § 7266(a) for appealing Board of Veterans’ Appea1s decisions ln Henderson, the Supre-me Court reversed this court’s decision in Hen,derson, v. Shin.seki, 589 F.3d 1201 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (en banc), concluding that the 120-day deadline for filing an appeal with the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims does not have jurisdictional conse- quences. We reinstate NeWberry’s appeal, vacate the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims’ judgment, and remand for further proceedings Accordingly, IT ls OR1)ERED THA'1‘: (1) The motion for reconsideration is granted. The mandate is recalled, this court’s dismissal order is va- cated, and the case is reinstated. (2) The motion to remand is granted The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded for further proceed~ 1ngs. (3) All sides shall bear their own costS. 3 NEWBERRY v. DvA FoR THE CoURT "AY 2 1 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date J an Horbaly C1erk cc: LaWrence T. Kass, Esq. S Lauren S. Moore, Esq. Issued As A Mandate: 2 7 F u.s. com f)lF§i»,P1-:ALs ma me FEnEmL c1RculT HA¥ 2 7 2011 wmata came