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Parties Involved:
Garolyn M. Fields
Petitioner
United States Railroad Retirement Board
Respondent

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-60158

Summary Calendar

GAROLYN M. FIELDS, 

 Petitioner

v.

UNITED STATES RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD, 

 Respondent

Petition for Review of an Order of the

Railroad Retirement Board

RRB No. 13-AP-0068

Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Garolyn Fields seeks an annuity provided by the Railroad Department 

Act because of her marriage to Milton Fields, deceased. This court has 

jurisdiction of her appeal only if she has exhausted her claim before the 

Railroad Retirement Board. She has failed to do so and this court must 

dismiss.

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

October 22, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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She presented her claim in 2009 and it was denied and reconsidered but 

denied again by the Bureau of Hearings and Appeals on November 23, 2009. 

In response to her letter that she disagreed, the Agency informed her that an 

appeal had to be filed on HA-1 form before January 22, 2010. The form was 

enclosed in a return envelope. But she failed to file the appeal until June 28, 

2013. Having no final decision by the three-member Board, this court has no 

jurisdiction to act.

DISMISSED.

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