Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-15 16:01:10.562014+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:19:15.674204
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Case: 24-1410     Document: 10   Page: 1   Filed: 04/15/2024

           NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
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                HAROLD L. EDWARDS, JR.,
                    Plaintiff-Appellant

                            v.

       SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,
                 Defendant-Appellee
               ______________________

                        2024-1410
                  ______________________

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the
 Southern District of California in No. 3:19-cv-01775-AJB-
 BLM, Judge Anthony J. Battaglia.
                  ______________________

                      ON MOTION
                  ______________________

     Before CHEN, LINN, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.
 PER CURIAM.
                        ORDER
     Following this court’s February 23, 2024 show cause
 order (ECF No. 5), the Social Security Administration
 moves to dismiss this appeal. Harold L. Edwards, Jr., has
 not filed a response to the order or motion.
Case: 24-1410     Document: 10     Page: 2    Filed: 04/15/2024

 2                                              EDWARDS v. SSA

      On June 16, 2020, the district court entered judgment
 against Mr. Edwards, and, more than three years later on
 January 25, 2024, Mr. Edwards filed a notice of appeal
 seeking this court’s review of that judgment. This court
 does not have jurisdiction to review social security benefits
 cases. See 28 U.S.C. § 1295; 42 U.S.C. § 405. Moreover,
 Mr. Edwards’s notice of appeal, filed more than 60 days af-
 ter entry of judgment, is untimely, see 28 U.S.C.
 § 2107(b)(2); Fed. R. App. P. 4, such that the appropriate
 regional circuit, here the United States Court of Appeals
 for the Ninth Circuit, would also lack jurisdiction over this
 appeal. See Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007).
     Accordingly,
     IT IS ORDERED THAT:
      (1) The Social Security Administration’s motion is
 granted to the extent that this appeal is dismissed for lack
 of jurisdiction.
     (2) All other pending motions are denied.
     (3) Each party shall bear its own costs.
                                                FOR THE COURT

 April 15, 2024
     Date