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USCA11 Case: 23-14029    Document: 4-1     Date Filed: 01/12/2024   Page: 1 of 2

                                                  [DO NOT PUBLISH]
                                  In the
               United States Court of Appeals
                        For the Eleventh Circuit

                         ____________________

                               No. 23-14029
                          Non-Argument Calendar
                         ____________________

      WILLIAM FERRELL,
                                                             Petitioner,
      versus
      SECRETARY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
      U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

                                                          Respondents.

                         ____________________

                   Petition for Review of a Decision of the
                          Department of the Interior
                Agency No. DOI-OS-19-0756 - DOI-OS-20-0441
USCA11 Case: 23-14029      Document: 4-1     Date Filed: 01/12/2024      Page: 2 of 2

      2                      Opinion of the Court                  23-14029

                           ____________________

      Before WILSON, JORDAN, and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
      PER CURIAM:
             The petition for review is DISMISSED, sua sponte, for lack of
      jurisdiction. William Ferrell, a federal employee proceeding pro se,
      filed with us a petition for review of a final decision of the Equal
      Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC”) finding that
      he failed to prove employment discrimination in violation of Title
      VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) and the Rehabilita-
      tion Act of 1973 (“Rehabilitation Act”). Ferrell cannot invoke our
      review directly because there is not any statutory authority for us
      to review final decisions made by the EEOC. See City of Baton Rouge
      v. U.S. EPA, 620 F.2d 478, 480 (5th Cir. 1980) (concluding that the
      jurisdiction of a court of appeals to review agency orders in the first
      instance wholly depends upon statutory authorization); 29 C.F.R.
      § 1614.407(c) (authorizing a complainant under Title VII and the
      Rehabilitation Act to file a civil action in the appropriate United
      States district court within 90 days of receipt of the EEOC’s final
      decision on an appeal); 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16(c); 29 U.S.C.
      § 794a(a)(1).
              No petition for rehearing may be filed unless it complies
       with the timing and other requirements of 11th Cir. R. 40-3 and all
       other applicable rules.