Hinojosa v. Dept. Of Veterans Affairs , 424 F. App'x 951 ( 2011 )

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential
United States Court of AppeaIs
for the Federal Circuit
EDUARDO H. HINOJOSA,
Claimant-Appellant, ~
V.
ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS, `°
Resp0ndent-Appellee.
2010-7099
Appeal from the United States C0urt of Appea1s for
Veterans C1airns in case n0. 10-258, Judge R0nald M.
H01daway.
ON MOTION
Bef0re RADER, Chief Judge, LOURIE and O'MALLEY,
Circu.it Judges.
PER CURIAM.
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HlNOJOSA V. DVA 2
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs moves to vacate the
judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for Veter-
ans Claims and to remand for further proceedings
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. §
7266(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. Shinseki, 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 tol1ing). In Hénderson ex
rel. HerLders0n u. Shin,seki, 131 S.Ct. 1197 (2011), the
Supreme Court reversed this court’s decision and con-
cluded that the 120-day deadline for filing an appeal with
the Court of Appeals for Veterans C1aims 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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