Legal Opinion
Cintron v. West
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided December 1, 1999No. 98-1315PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEINBERG, Judge:
Before the Court in this appeal is a jurisdictional question concerning the timeliness of the appellant’s Notice of Appeal (NOA). The answer to this question depends on whether the circumstances in this case warrant equitable tolling, under Bailey v. West, 160 F.3d 1360 (Fed.Cir.1998) (en banc), of the 120-day judicial-appeal period prescribed by 38 U.S.C. § 7266(a). Because the Court will hold that the circumstances here do not support the application of equitable tolling, we will grant the Secretary’s motion to dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction, and will dismiss…
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