Thasha A. Boyd v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al.
1. Whether the 60-day deadline for seeking judicial review pursuant 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(B) and the FRAP sets a bar to an appeal, as the Eleventh Circuit has concluded, or whether the Act's retroactive date precludes the enforcement of the deadline thus allowing equitable considerations such as forfeiture, waiver and tolling.
2. Whether the Eleventh Circuit can enter an order barring the right to file an appeal absent analysis beyond a statute's plain text and/or rules of the courts.
Whether the 60-day deadline for seeking judicial review pursuant 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(B) and the FRAP sets a bar to an appeal, as the Eleventh Circuit has concluded, or whether the Act's retroactive date precludes the enforcement of the deadline thus allowing equitable considerations such as forfeiture, waiver and tolling