Court Opinion

ID: 9385199
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-04-06 14:00:49.148673+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:17:59.715185
License: Public Domain

Case: 23-1207    Document: 7      Page: 1   Filed: 04/06/2023

           NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                  ______________________

              RICARDO R. CASTILLEJOS,
                     Petitioner

                             v.

     OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT,
                   Respondent
             ______________________

                        2023-1207
                  ______________________

   Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. SF-0831-17-0586-I-1.
                ______________________

PER CURIAM.
                        ORDER
     Having considered all responses from the parties to
this court’s order directing them to address whether this
court has jurisdiction over Ricardo R. Castillejos’ petition
for review of a decision from the Merit Systems Protection
Board, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction.
    Mr. Castillejos’ petition seeks review of the Board’s fi-
nal September 12, 2022, decision, but this court did not re-
ceive his petition until November 22, 2022, 71 days later.
Under 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(A), a petition to review a final
decision by the Board must be filed “within 60 days after
Case: 23-1207      Document: 7    Page: 2     Filed: 04/06/2023

2                                           CASTILLEJOS   v. OPM

the Board issues notice of the final . . . decision,” and this
deadline is mandatory and jurisdictional. Fedora v. Merit
Sys. Prot. Bd., 848 F.3d 1013, 1016 (Fed. Cir. 2017). It also
“requires actual receipt by the court, not just timely mail-
ing.” Id.; see Fed. R. App. P. 25(a)(2)(A). Because the peti-
tion is untimely, we dismiss.
    Accordingly,
    IT IS ORDERED THAT:
    (1) The petition for review is dismissed.
    (2) Each party shall bear its own costs.
                                    FOR THE COURT

April 6, 2023                       /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
    Date                            Peter R. Marksteiner
                                    Clerk of Court