Case Name: Mark A. TROUTT, 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: 2013-12-20
Citations: 549 F. App'x 1019
Docket Number: No. 2014-7001
Parties: Mark A. TROUTT, Claimant-Appellant, v. Eric K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before MOORE, LINN and O’MALLEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 549
Pages: 1019–1020

Head Matter:
Mark A. TROUTT, Claimant-Appellant, v. Eric K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 2014-7001.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
Dec. 20, 2013.
Mark A. Troutt, St. Louis, MO, pro se.
Before MOORE, LINN and O’MALLEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Mark A. Troutt appeals from a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ("Veterans Court") that dismissed his appeal because the Board of Veterans' Appeals decision was not final. We consider whether his appeal to this court must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
On July 15, 2013, the Veterans Court entered its judgment in Troutt's case. Troutt's notice of appeal was received on September 27, 2013, 74 days after the date of Veterans Court judgment. On October 30, 2013, we directed the parties to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed as untimely. The Secretary responded and argued the appeal must be dismissed. Troutt did not respond.
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, 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 Troutt's appeal as to the underlying judgment was filed outside of the statutory deadline for taking an appeal to this court, we must dismiss this appeal.
Accordingly,
It Is Ordered That:
(1) The appeal is dismissed.
(2) All pending motions are denied as moot.
(3) Each side shall bear its own costs.