Case Name: Flora S. LEYGA, 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: 2012-12-26
Citations: 494 F. App'x 94
Docket Number: No. 2012-7166
Parties: Flora S. LEYGA, Claimant-Appellant, v. Eric K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before NEWMAN, PROST, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 494
Pages: 94–95

Head Matter:
Flora S. LEYGA, Claimant-Appellant, v. Eric K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 2012-7166.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
Dec. 26, 2012.
Flora S. Leyga, pro se.
David Samuel Silverbrand, 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, Washington, DC, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before NEWMAN, PROST, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Upon review of the parties' responses to the court's September 25, 2012 order, the court determines whether this appeal should be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction
On May 4, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims entered judgment in Flora Leyga's case. The court received Leyga's notice of appeal on August 13, 2012, 101 days after the date of judgment.
To be timely, a notice of appeal must be received by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims within 60 days of the entry of judgment. See 38 U.S.C. § 7292(a); 28 U.S.C. § 2107(b); Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(1). The statutory deadline for taking an appeal to this court is jurisdictional, mandatory, and cannot be waived. See Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214, 127 S.Ct. 2360, 168 L.Ed.2d 96 (2007).); see also Henderson v. Shinseki, — U.S.-, 131 S.Ct. 1197, 1204-05, 179 L.Ed.2d 159 (2011) (the language of Section 7292(a) "clearly signals an intent" to impose the same jurisdictional restrictions on an appeal from the Veterans Court to the Federal Circuit as imposed on appeals from a district court to a court of appeals). Because Leyga'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.