Legal Opinion
Mapu v. Principi
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided September 13, 2002No. 01-2028PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
2Per curiam
On June 13, 2002, the Court, in a single-judge order, dismissed this appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the appellant had not filed a Notice of Appeal (NOA) within the 120-day judicial-appeal period. See Mapu v. Principi, No. 01-2028, 2002 WL 1926515 (Vet.App. June 13, 2002) (attached as appendix for explanatory purposes). On July 2, 2002, the appellant, through counsel, filed a motion for a panel decision.
In his motion for a panel decision, the appellant argues that his NOA, received via FedEx (formerly known as Federal Express), should be deemed timely because the Court was “…
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4Cited by1 opinion
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