Court Opinion

ID: 217454
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2011-05-25 19:11:24+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:28:32.535120
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NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
` United States Court of Appeals
for the FederaI Circuit
WILLIAM C. RICKETT,
C'laimomt-Appellant, -
V.
ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS,
Resp0ndent~Appellee.
in
2010-7093
Appea1 from the United States Court of Appea1s for
Veterans C1aims in case no. 09-2493.
ON MOTION
Before RADER, Chief Judge, LoUR1E and O’MALLEY, Cir-
wit Ju,dges.
RADER, Chtef Judge.
0 R D E R
The appellant moves without opposition to vacate the
judgment of the United States Court of Appea1s for Veter-
ans Claims and to remand for further proceedings

Rl CKETT V. DVA 2
The appellant filed a notice of appeal with the Court
of Veterans Claims more than 120 days after the Board of
Veterans’ Appeals mailed its decision in his case. That
court dismissed the appeal as untimely, concluding that
the 120-day appeal period established by 38 U.S.C. §
7 266(a) for seeking review of Board of Veterans’ Appeals
decisions is jurisdictional and not subject to equitable
tolling. The appellant sought this court's review.
This court stayed the briefing schedule in this appeal
pending the United States Supreme Court’s review of our
decision in Henderson v. Shin.seki, 589 F.3d 1201 (Fed.
Cir. 2009) (en banc) (affirming Court of Appeals for Vet-
erans Claims determination that period to appeal to that
court is not subject to equitable tolling). In Henderson ex
rel. Henderson v. Shinseki, 131 S.Ct. 1197 (2011), the
Supreme Court reversed this courts decision and con-
cluded that the 120-day deadline for filing an appeal with
the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims does not have
jurisdictional consequences. Because the Court of Ap-
peals for Veterans Claims erred in concluding that the
appeal deadline established by § 7266(a) is jurisdictional,
we vacate the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims’
judgment and remand for further proceedings
Accordingly,
IT ls ORDERED THAT:
(1) The motion is granted The judgment is vacated
and the case is remanded for further proceedings.
(2) All sides shall bear their own Costs.

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1‘1AY 25 2011
Date
cc: Deanne Lynn Bonner, Esq.
Tara K. Hogan, Esq.
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RICKETT v. DVA
FoR THE CoURT
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Jan Horbaly
Clerk
Issued As A Mandate:  2 5 
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