HICKS v. USPS , No. 14-3017 (Fed. Cir. 2014)
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NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ ELBERT HICKS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Respondent. ______________________ 2014-3017 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. PH-3443-12-0485-I-1. ______________________ ON MOTION ______________________ Before LOURIE, MOORE, and REYNA, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. ORDER The United States Postal Service moves without opposition to dismiss Elbert Hicks’s appeal from the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”). Any petition for review of a Board decision must be filed within 60 days after the Board issues notice of its final order or decision. 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(A). The 2 HICKS v. USPS petition for review must be received by this court before the expiration of § 7703(b)(1)(A)’s filing deadline. Pinat v. Office of Pers. Mgmt., 931 F.2d 1544, 1546 (Fed. Cir. 1991) (citing Fed. R. App. P. 15(a), 25(a)). The 60-day period for appeal is “statutory, mandatory, [and] jurisdictional.” Monzo v. Dep’t of Transp., 735 F.2d 1335, 1336 (Fed. Cir. 1984). Mr. Hicks sought our review of Board adjudications in two separate cases. He failed to file a petition for review before the statutory deadline for either case. Because this court did not receive a timely-filed petition for review, we have no authority to decide his case. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT: (1) The motion is granted and the case is dismissed. (2) Each side shall bear its own costs. FOR THE COURT November 26, 2014 Date /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court C: Elbert Hicks Daniel S. Herzfeld, Trial Attorney
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