Saban v. United States Department of Labor

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner asks us to review the denial of his claim that he was fired by his employer in violation of the whistle-blower provision (49 U.S.C. § 60129(a)(1)(A)) of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act, 49 U.S.C. §§ 60101 et seq. The Labor Department’s administrative review board denied the claim on March 30, 2005, and he did not file his petition for review of the denial with this court (as authorized by 49 U.S.C. §§ 60129(b)(3)(A), (4)(A) because it was a final order by the Secretary of Labor) until July 5, 2006 — more than a year later, though the statutory deadline…