Mary A. Porter v. ANTHONY J. PRINCIPI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

NOTE: Pursuant to Fed. Cir. R. 47.6, this disposition is
not citable as precedent. It is a public record.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
04-7076
MARY A. PORTER,
Claimant-Appellant,
v.
ANTHONY J. PRINCIPI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
Respondent-Appellee.
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DECIDED: November 3, 2004
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Before MAYER, Chief Judge, GAJARSA and LINN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Mary A. Porter seeks review of the final decision of the United States Court of
Appeals for Veterans Claims denying her request for reconsideration and dismissing her
appeal. Porter v. Principi, No. 03-1645 (Vet. App. Dec. 22, 2003). Porter has failed to
identify a final Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision from which she was entitled to
appeal to the Veterans Court or to this court. To the extent Porter was again seeking to
appeal the board’s October 30, 2001 decision, with the corresponding Veterans Court

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decision issued on January 28, 2003, she did not meet the filing deadline of this court.
See 38 U.S.C. § 7292(a); 28 U.S.C. § 2107(b); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1); see also
Sofarelli Assoc., Inc. v. United States, 716 F.2d 1395, 1396 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (the
requirement to file a notice of appeal within 60 days from the date of entry of the
judgment is mandatory and jurisdictional). Accordingly, we affirm.
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