Gelacio S. Pangilinan, Claimant-appellant, v. Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-appellee, 101 F.3d 713 (Fed. Cir. 1996)

ORDER

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs moves to waive the requirements of Fed. Cir. R. 27(e) and to dismiss Gelacio S. Pangilinan's appeal for untimeliness. Pangilinan has not responded.

On June 2, 1994, the Court of Veterans Appeals entered judgment in Pangilinan's case. The court denied Pangilinan's motion for panel reconsideration on July 11, 1994. On June 25, 1996, over a year after the entry of judgment by the Court of Veterans Appeals, Pangilinan filed his notice of appeal. An appeal from the Court of Veterans Appeals must be filed within 60 days after the date of entry of judgment. 38 U.S.C. § 7292(a); 28 U.S.C. § 2107; Fed. R. App. P. 4(a) (1). We have no authority to waive this statutorily imposed requirement. Placeway Constr. Corp. v. United States, 713 F.2d 726, 728 (Fed. Cir. 1983). Because Pangilinan's notice of appeal was not filed within 60 days of entry of judgment by the Court of Veterans Appeals, we must dismiss his appeal. See Sofarelli Associates, Inc. v. United States, 716 F.2d 1395 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (appeal must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where notice of appeal is untimely).

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

(1) Pangilinan's appeal is dismissed.

(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.