Dupell v. Derwinski

ORDER

Appellant’s brief was filed on October 3, 1991. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) subsequently submitted four motions, three of which were filed out of time, for extensions of time to file a response to appellant’s brief. On February 12, 1992, the Court granted the fourth of those motions, and stated: “The Court ... will grant the Secretary no further extensions of time to file a response to appellant’s brief absent extraordinary circumstances[;] ... The Court does not deem a heavy caseload ... to be such [a] circumstance[]”. (Emphasis in original.) On February 14, 1992, the…