EDMONDS V DEFENSE, No. 07-3083 (Fed. Cir. 2007)

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NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2007-3083 ROSA EDMONDS, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, Respondent. ON MOTION Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, CLEVENGER, Senior Circuit Judge, and DYK, Circuit Judge. PER CURIAM. ORDER The court treats Rosa Edmonds' motion for a continuance as a motion for reconsideration of the court's April 10, 2007 order dismissing her petition for review for failure to file a brief. Edmonds was represented by counsel in this case. Edmonds now states that she has requested counsel to withdraw and that she wishes to proceed pro se. No motion to withdraw has been filed by counsel. The certified list in this case was served by the Merit Systems Protection Board on January 17, 2007. Thus, Edmonds' opening brief was due no later than March 1, 2007. Fed. Cir. R. 31(a)(1)(B). Having received no brief, the court dismissed the petition for review on April 10, 2007. continuance on April 17, 2007. The court received Edmonds' motion for a It is well settled that a person is bound by the consequences of his representative s conduct, which includes both his acts and omissions. Rowe v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd., 802 F.2d 434, 437 (Fed. Cir. 1986). See also Link v. Wabash Railroad Company, 370 U.S. 626, 633-635 (1962); Huston v. Ladner, 973 F.2d 1564, 1567 (Fed. Cir. 1992). Edmonds voluntarily chose her attorney in this case and is bound by counsel s failure to prosecute this petition for review. Julien v. Zeringue, 864 F.2d 1572 (Fed. Cir. 1989) (failure to file a brief can be the basis for dismissal of a case); Fed. Cir. R. 31(d) (clerk is authorized to dismiss a case for failure to file the opening brief). Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT: The motion is denied. FOR THE COURT /s/ Jan Horbaly Jan Horbaly Clerk May 2, 2007 Date cc: Alfonza Whitaker, Esq. Rosa Edmonds Jeanne E. Davidson, Esq. s8 2007-3083 -2-

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