Case: 14-3077 Document: 7 Page: 1 Filed: 04/17/2014

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

GREGORY J. HINDS, Petitioner,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Respondent. ______________________

2014-3077 ______________________

Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. DC-0752-12-0294-I-1. ______________________

PER CURIAM. ORDER Upon review of this recently docketed appeal, it appears that this court may lack jurisdiction. On December 17, 2013, the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) issued a final order denying Hinds’s peti- tion for review. The court received his petition for review on March 4, 2014, 77 days after the final order. Our review of a Board decision or order is governed by 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1), which provides in relevant part that “[n]otwithstanding any other provision of law, any peti- tion for review shall be filed within 60 days after the Case: 14-3077 Document: 7 Page: 2 Filed: 04/17/2014

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Board issues notice of the final order or decision of the Board.” 5 U.S.C. §7703(b)(1)(A). This filing period is “statutory, mandatory, [and] jurisdictional.” Monzo v. Dep’t of Transp., 735 F.2d 1335, 1336 (Fed. Cir. 1984). Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT: (1) Hinds is directed to respond within 21 days of the date of filing of this order, why this appeal should not be dismissed as untimely. The Department of Homeland Security may also respond within that time. (2) The briefing schedule is stayed.

FOR THE COURT

/s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court s24