Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2016-02-25 16:02:35.907746+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:20:20.035009
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                           MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

     ALISON KOHLER,                                 DOCKET NUMBER
                  Appellant,                        NY-0752-15-0199-I-1

                    v.

     DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND                         DATE: February 25, 2016
       SECURITY,
                 Agency.

           Alison Kohler, Oceanside, New York, pro se.
           Shayla N.M. Sipp, Esquire, Washington, D.C., for the agency.

                                            BEFORE

                                Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman
                                   Mark A. Robbins, Member

                                            ORDER
¶1        The appellant has filed a petition for review of the initial decision, which
     dismissed her removal appeal for lack of jurisdiction. The two Board members
     cannot agree on the disposition of the petition for review. Therefore, the initial
     decision now becomes the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board in
     this appeal.        Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 1200.3(b)
     (5 C.F.R. § 1200.3(b)). This decision shall not be considered as precedent by the
     Board in any other case. 5 C.F.R. § 1200.3(d).
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                NOTICE TO THE APPELLANT REGARDING
                   YOUR FURTHER REVIEW RIGHTS
      You have the right to request review of the final decision by the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. You must submit your request to the court at
the following address:
                          United States Court of Appeals
                              for the Federal Circuit
                            717 Madison Place, N.W.
                             Washington, DC 20439

The court must receive your request for review no later than 60 calendar days
after the date of this order. See 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(A) (as rev. eff. Dec. 27,
2012). If you choose to file, be very careful to file on time. The court has held
that normally it does not have the authority to waive this statutory deadline and
that filings that do not comply with the deadline must be dismissed. See Pinat v.
Office of Personnel Management, 931 F.2d 1544 (Fed. Cir. 1991).
      If you need further information about your right to appeal this decision to
court, you should refer to the Federal law that gives you this right. It is found in
title 5 of the United States Code, section 7703 (5 U.S.C. § 7703) (as rev. eff.
Dec. 27, 2012).    You may read this law as well as other sections of the
United States Code, at our website, http://www.mspb.gov/appeals/uscode.htm.
Additional information is available at the court’s website, www.cafc.uscourts.gov.
Of particular relevance is the court’s “Guide for Pro Se Petitioners and
Appellants,” which is contained within the court’s Rules of Practice, and Forms 5,
6, and 11.
      If you are interested in securing pro bono representation for an appeal to
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, you may visit our website
at http://www.mspb.gov/probono for information regarding pro bono representation
for Merit Systems Protection Board appellants before the Federal Circuit. The
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Merit Systems Protection Board neither endorses the services provided by any
attorney nor warrants that any attorney will accept representation in a given case.

FOR THE BOARD:                            ______________________________
                                          William D. Spencer
                                          Clerk of the Board
Washington, D.C.