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Parties Involved:
William Ferrell
Petitioner
Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
Respondent
U.S. Department of the Interior
Respondent

Document Text:

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

In the

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eleventh Circuit

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No. 23-14029

Non-Argument Calendar

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WILLIAM FERRELL, 

Petitioner,

versus

SECRETARY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 

Respondents.

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Petition for Review of a Decision of the

Department of the Interior

Agency No. DOI-OS-19-0756 - DOI-OS-20-0441

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2 Opinion of the Court 23-14029

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Before WILSON, JORDAN, and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges. 

PER CURIAM:

The petition for review is DISMISSED, sua sponte, for lack of 

jurisdiction. William Ferrell, a federal employee proceeding pro se, 

filed with us a petition for review of a final decision of the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC”) finding that 

he failed to prove employment discrimination in violation of Title 

VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Rehabilitation Act”). Ferrell cannot invoke our 

review directly because there is not any statutory authority for us 

to review final decisions made by the EEOC. See City of Baton Rouge 

v. U.S. EPA, 620 F.2d 478, 480 (5th Cir. 1980) (concluding that the 

jurisdiction of a court of appeals to review agency orders in the first 

instance wholly depends upon statutory authorization); 29 C.F.R. 

§ 1614.407(c) (authorizing a complainant under Title VII and the 

Rehabilitation Act to file a civil action in the appropriate United 

States district court within 90 days of receipt of the EEOC’s final 

decision on an appeal); 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16(c); 29 U.S.C. 

§ 794a(a)(1). 

No petition for rehearing may be filed unless it complies 

with the timing and other requirements of 11th Cir. R. 40-3 and all 

other applicable rules. 

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