Case Name: Victor VASQUEZ, Petitioner, v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-05-06
Citations: 137 F. App'x 335
Docket Number: No. 04-3388
Parties: Victor VASQUEZ, Petitioner, v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent.
Judges: Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, MAYER, and LOURIE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 137
Pages: 335–335

Head Matter:
Victor VASQUEZ, Petitioner, v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent.
No. 04-3388.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
May 6, 2005.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 17, 2005.
Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, MAYER, and LOURIE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Victor Vasquez appeals the decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board, which dismissed his appeal as untimely and for lack of jurisdiction. Vasquez v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd., DE3443030425-I-1 (MSPB Sept. 23, 2003). We affirm.
Vasquez claims that in 1987 he took an air traffic controller examination that was stolen from him and given to someone else to sign. Vasquez faded to file an appeal to the board until July 23, 2003, sixteen years after the incident allegedly occurred. In an attempt to cure this defect, Vasquez submitted two appeal forms to the board that were dated 1986 and 1987. It is apparent from the face of these documents, however, that they are not authentic. Because we affirm the board's holding that Vasquez's appeal was untimely filed, see Stahl v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd., 83 F.3d 409, 413 (Fed.Cir.1996) (appeal to the board must meet the timeliness requirement in 5 C.F.R. § 1201.22(b)), we do not address the board's alternate holding that subject matter jurisdiction was lacking.