Case Name: Loida A. USITA, Claimant-Appellant, v. Eric K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-03-18
Citations: 558 F. App'x 1029
Docket Number: No. 2014-7021
Parties: Loida A. USITA, Claimant-Appellant, v. Eric K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before NEWMAN, MOORE, and CHEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 558
Pages: 1029–1030

Head Matter:
Loida A. USITA, Claimant-Appellant, v. Eric K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 2014-7021.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
March 18, 2014.
Loida A. Usita, Cagayan, Philippines, pro se.
Michelle Milberg, Department of Justice, Christina Lynn Gregg, Counsel to Assistant General Counsel, Michael James Timinski, Deputy Assistant General Counsel Department of Veterans Affairs Office of General Counsel, Y. Ken Lee, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before NEWMAN, MOORE, and CHEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Loida A. Usita and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs respond to this court's order directing the parties to show cause why this appeal should be dismissed as untimely.
On January 9, 2013, the Veterans Court entered judgment in Usita's case. Her notice of appeal was received on October 21, 2013, which was 285 days after judgment.
To be timely, a notice of appeal must be received by the Veterans Court within 60 days of the entry of judgment. 38 U.S.C. § 7292(a); 28 U.S.C. § 2107(b); Fed.R.App. P. 4(a)(1). Like appeals from district courts, the statutorily prescribed time for filing appeals from the Veterans Court to this court is mandatory and jurisdictional. See Wagner v. Shinseki, 733 F.3d 1343, 1348 (Fed.Cir.2013); see also Henderson v. Shinseki, — U.S. -, 131 S.Ct. 1197, 1204-05, 179 L.Ed.2d 159 (2011) (indicating jurisdictional restrictions on the time for taking an appeal under section 7292(a)). Accordingly, even in circumstances in which it would be equitable to do so, this court is without authority to waive the deadline for filing an appeal to this court from the Veterans Court. See Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214, 127 S.Ct. 2360, 168 L.Ed.2d 96 (2007).
Because Usita's appeal as to the underlying judgment was filed outside of the statutory deadline for taking an appeal to this court, we must dismiss the appeal.
Accordingly,
It Is Ordered That:
(1) The appeal is dismissed.
(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.