Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2011-03-13 08:15:17+00
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NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

 United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
                                      2007-3117

                                KELSEY L. HEBRON,

                                                Petitioner,

                                           v.

                         UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE,

                                                Respondent.

Before BRYSON, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and PROST, Circuit
Judge.

PER CURIAM.

                                      ORDER

      Kelsey L. Hebron submits a response and a supplemental response to this

court’s order directing him to show cause why his petition for review should not be

dismissed as untimely filed.

      Hebron sought review by the Merit Systems Protection Board of the

Administrative Judge’s decision affirming the decision to remove Hebron from a mail

handler position. On November 17, 2006 the Board denied Hebron’s petition for review

and informed Hebron that its decision was final and that any petition for review must be

received by this court within 60 calendar days of receipt of the Board’s decision. The

Board served its decision on Hebron via electronic mail on November 17, 2006.

Pursuant to the Board’s regulations, “Board documents served electronically on

registered e-filers are deemed received on the date of electronic submission,” i.e.,
November 17 in this case.        The court received Hebron’s petition for review on

Wednesday, January 17, 2007, 61 days after Hebron received the Board’s decision.

      A petition for review must be received by the court within 60 days of receipt of the

Board's final 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).       Because

Hebron’s petition was not timely received by this court, it must be dismissed.

      Accordingly,

      IT IS ORDERED THAT:

      (1)    Hebron’s petition for review is dismissed as untimely filed.

      (2)    Each side shall bear its own costs.

                                                FOR THE COURT

        April 4, 2007                            /s/ Jan Horbaly
           Date                                 Jan Horbaly
                                                Clerk

cc:   Kelsey L. Hebron
      Jeanne E. Davidson, Esq.

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