Opinion ID: 2657951
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Heading: jurisdiction

Text: This court issued an order directing the parties to address whether Mr. Mann’s appeal was timely in order to invoke appellate jurisdiction. The Board’s order affirming the ALJ’s decision was issued on August 29, 2012, so Mr. Mann’s petition -2- for review from that decision was due within 60 days, by October 29, 2012. See 33 U.S.C. § 921(c), as incorporated by 30 U.S.C. § 932(a). The petition was not filed until May 6, 2013. But as the parties’ responses made clear, Mr. Mann had filed a timely motion for reconsideration that the Board denied on March 20, 2013. Therefore, the petition for review, filed within 60 days of the Board’s order denying reconsideration, was timely. Moreover, because Mr. Mann’s injury allegedly occurred in Oklahoma, this court has jurisdiction to review the Board’s decision. See Broyles v. Dir., OWCP, 143 F.3d 1348, 1349 (10th Cir. 1998) (holding “jurisdiction is appropriate only in the circuit where the miner’s coal mine employment, and consequently his harmful exposure to coal dust, occurred” (internal quotation marks omitted)).