Case Name: Smita A. PATEL, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-10-07
Citations: 579 F. App'x 993
Docket Number: No. 2014-3160
Parties: Smita A. PATEL, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Respondent.
Judges: Before PROST, Chief Judge, DYK and MOORE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 579
Pages: 993–993

Head Matter:
Smita A. PATEL, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Respondent.
No. 2014-3160.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
Oct. 7, 2014.
Smita A. Patel, Hoffman Estates, IL, pro se.
Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before PROST, Chief Judge, DYK and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ON MOTION
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
The United States Postal Service moves to dismiss this petition for lack of jurisdiction.
This court's review of Merit Systems Protection Board decisions is limited to final orders or final decisions. See Weed v. Soc. Sec. Admin., 571 F.3d 1359, 1361-63 (Fed.Cir.2009); see also 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(9). After the Administrative Judge issued an initial decision in this case, Smita A. Patel filed a timely petition for review with the Board which remains pending. The filing of that petition with the Board rendered the initial decision nonfinal for purposes of our review. 5 C.F.R. § 1201.113(a) ("The initial decision will not become the Board's final decision if within the time limit for filing . any party files a petition for review...."). Because there is no final order or final decision of the Board, this court currently lacks jurisdiction over this case.
This order does not prevent Patel from seeking this court's review by filing a timely petition for review after the Board enters a final decision in her case.
Accordingly,
It Is Ordered That:
(1) The motion is granted. The petition is dismissed.
(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.