Case Name: Jose E. ROSARIO-FABREGAS, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF the ARMY, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-06-04
Citations: 562 F. App'x 986
Docket Number: No. 2014-3092
Parties: Jose E. ROSARIO-FABREGAS, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF the ARMY, Respondent.
Judges: Before NEWMAN, RADER, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 562
Pages: 986–987

Head Matter:
Jose E. ROSARIO-FABREGAS, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF the ARMY, Respondent.
No. 2014-3092.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
June 4, 2014.
Jose E. Rosario-Fabregas, San Juan, PR, pro se.
Joseph Ashman, Trial Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before NEWMAN, RADER, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
The parties have responded to this court's order directing them to show cause why this petition should not be dismissed as untimely.
On December 30, 2013, the Merit Systems Protection Board denied Jose E. Rosario-Fabregas's petition for review of an initial decision that denied his motion for damages in connection with his appeal. The court received his petition for review on March 4, 2014, which was 64 days after the Board issued its final order.
The time for filing a petition for review from a Board decision or order is governed by 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1), which provides in relevant part that "[notwithstanding any other provision of law, any petition for review shall be filed within 60 days after the Board issues notice of the final order or decision of the Board." 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(A). This filing period is "statutory, mandatory, [and] jurisdictional." Monzo v. Dep't of Transp., 735 F.2d 1335, 1336 (Fed.Cir.1984).
Because Rosario-Fabregas's petition concerning the Board's final order was filed after the statutory deadline for filing a petition, we must dismiss the petition.
Accordingly,
It Is Ordered That:
(1) The petition is dismissed.
(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.