David Gary Gladden v. U.s. Department of Transportation;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
DAVID GARY GLADDEN,
Petitioner,
v.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION; et al.,
Respondents.
No. 13-74171
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Federal Aviation Administration
Submitted April 13, 2016**
Before: FARRIS, TALLMAN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
David Gary Gladden petitions pro se for review of an order of the Federal
Aviation Administration (“FAA”) withdrawing his Authorization for Special
Issuance of a second-class airman medical certificate. We have jurisdiction under
49 U.S.C. § 46110(a) to review a petition of a FAA order filed no later than 60
FILED
APR 19 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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days after issuance of the order. We dismiss Gladden’s petition as untimely.
Gladden filed this petition for review on December 2, 2013, more than 60 days
after issuance of the FAA’s March 13, 2013 order. Although the court may allow a
late petition if there are reasonable grounds for not filing within 60 days, see 49
U.S.C. § 46110(a), Gladden has not presented any reasonable explanation for his
untimely petition, see Americopters, LLC v. Fed. Aviation Admin., 441 F.3d 726,
734 (9th Cir. 2006) (explaining circumstances that do not constitute reasonable
grounds, including “when the petitioner’s procedural missteps were based on a
misapprehension of the law” (internal citations omitted)); Sierra Club v. Skinner,
885 F.2d 591, 593 (9th Cir. 1989) (concluding that there were no reasonable
grounds even when “the FAA ha[d] created a confusing situation” leading the
petitioner to file an untimely petition).
To the extent Gladden seeks review of other FAA decisions, including the
FAA’s denial of an unrestricted medical certificate, we lack jurisdiction to review
those issues because Gladden has not exhausted his administrative remedies. See
49 U.S.C. § 44703(d)(1) (2012) (“An individual whose application for the issuance
or renewal of an airman certificate has been denied may appeal the denial to the
National Transportation Safety Board.”).
Respondents’ unopposed motion for judicial notice, filed on March 28,
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2014, is granted.
Gladden’s petition is DISMISSED.
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