Velazquez Pinto, Fernanda v. Negociado Policia De Puerto Rico

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• explaining that a petitioner bears a “heavy burden” when attempting to show “that the Board abused its discretion in finding that he failed to show good cause for the delay in filing his petition for review”
• “To establish good cause for a filing delay, an appellant must show that the delay was excusable under the circumstances and that the appellant exercised due diligence in attempting to meet the filing deadline.” (emphasis added
• “The difficulty in obtaining evidence from the Navy [relating to the appellant’s preference-eligible status] may have been a circumstance out of [his] control, but the failure to file a document to serve as a petition for review was not.”
• “We have repeatedly stated that the waiver of a regulatory time limit based on a showing of good cause is a matter committed to the Board’s discretion and that this court will not substitute its own judgment for that of the Board.” (citation and quotations marks omit- ted)

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