Case Name: Theodore C. LANGE, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-08-23
Citations: 108 F. App'x 631
Docket Number: No. 04-3372
Parties: Theodore C. LANGE, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Respondent.
Judges: Before NEWMAN, BRYSON, and DYK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 108
Pages: 631–632

Head Matter:
Theodore C. LANGE, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Respondent.
No. 04-3372.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
Aug. 23, 2004.
Rehearing En Banc Denied Nov. 23, 2004.
Claudia Burke, Principal Attorney, Brian M. Simkin, David M. Cohen, Department of Justice, Of Counsel, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Theodore C. Lange, Of Counsel, Salem, OR, for Petitioner.
Before NEWMAN, BRYSON, and DYK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ON MOTION
DYK, Circuit Judge.
ORDER
Theodore C. Lange moves for reconsideration of this court's previous rejection of his petition for review as untimely.
On June 16, 2004, this court received Lange's petition for review of an initial decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board that dismissed his appeal due to waiver of the only remaining issue on review. The Board's initial decision became final on April 16, 2004. A petition for review must be received by the court within 60 days of the Board's final decision or order. 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1). To be timely filed, the petition must be received by this court on or before the date that the petition is due. Pinat v. Office of Personnel Management, 931 F.2d 1544, 1546 (Fed.Cir.1991) (petition is filed when received by this court; court dismissed petition received nine days late). If Lange's petition for review in this court was untimely filed, we must dismiss his petition for review. See Monzo v. Dep't of Transp. Fed. Aviation Admin., 735 F.2d 1335, 1336 (Fed.Cir.1984) (the period for petitioning for review is statutory, mandatory, and jurisdictional); Pinat, 931 F.2d at 1546 (deadline for filing petition for review may not be waived).
Here, Lange's petition for review was received by the court on the 61st day after the Board's decision became final. Thus, it must be dismissed.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The motion for reconsideration is denied and this petition for review is dismissed as untimely.
(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.