UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DC CIRCUIT


SLINGER DRAINAGE INC

v.

EPA


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No. 99-1433c

April 13, 202001

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Before: Edwards, Chief Judge, Sentelle and Randolph,

Circuit Judges.

O R D E R

Upon consideration of petitioner's petition for rehearing, it

is

ORDERED that the petition be denied for the reasons

stated in the attached memorandum.

Per Curiam

FOR THE COURT:

Mark J. Langer, Clerk

M E M O R A N D U M

Slinger Drainage, Inc.'s petition for rehearing is meritless.

Petitioner claims that our published decision in this case,

Slinger Drainage, Inc. v. EPA, 237 F.3d 681 (D.C. Cir. 2001),

is inconsistent with the court's decision in United States v.

Carver, 671 F.2d 577 (D.C. Cir. 1982). This claim is misguid-

ed. Carver involved our consideration of Fed. R. Crim. P.

6(g), which states that "no grand jury may serve more than

18 months." We held that this provision should be interpret-

ed in light of Fed. R. Crim. P. 45(a), which requires that "[i]n

computing any period of time the day of the act or event from

which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be

included." Carver did not address the situation presented

here--a statutory judicial review provision in which Congress

has mandated a particular method of counting.

Petitioner also points to this court's disposition in National

Federation of Federal Employees, Local 1300 v. Federal

Labor Relations Authority, No. 85-1541 (D.C. Cir. Nov. 6,

1985) ("NFFE"), as grounds for rehearing. The court's

unpublished order in NFFE merely states that "Appellant

filed a timely petition for review. See Fed. R. App. P. 26 (a)."

Obviously, this provides no basis for rehearing. More impor-

tantly, however, under D.C. Cir. R. 28(c), "[u]npublished

orders or judgments of this court ... are not to be cited as

precedent." Accordingly, the judgment in NFFE is not

binding precedent.




CASE STATISTICS

CASES: 237 F.3d 681; 671 F.2d 577;

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