6 CFR § 126.13 - Notice of appeal and service.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t6/s126.13"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "6 CFR § 126.13 - Notice of appeal and service."
title_number: 6
title_name: "Domestic Security"
section_number: "126.13"
section_name: "Notice of appeal and service."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY"
part_number: "126"
part_name: "TRANSPORTATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT BOARD REVIEW PANEL PROCESS AND PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 115, 46111; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 7071.1."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 17702, Mar. 12, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "126"
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# 126.13 Notice of appeal and service.

(a) *Notice of appeal.* A party seeking review of the ALJ's decision must file a notice of appeal with the TSOB Docket Clerk electronically at *[email protected]* or via certified U.S. mail at ATTN: TSOB Docket Clerk, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC, 20528-0485. A notice of appeal must be filed within 60 calendar days of the date of issuance of the ALJ's written decision.

(b) *Service.* To file any document with a TSOB Review Panel, a party must send the document to the TSOB Docket Clerk electronically at *[email protected],* or via certified U.S. mail at ATTN: TSOB Docket Clerk, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC, 20528-0485. Parties are strongly encouraged to file all documents and consent to electronic service. A party may consent to electronic service by filing a document expressly stating such a preference with the TSOB Docket Clerk and serving a copy on all other parties. Any document filed with the TSOB Docket Clerk (except a notice of protected information, the administrative record, ex parte motions, and documents containing classified information, Sensitive Security Information (SSI), or other protected information that accompanies a motion to supplement the record) must also be served on all other parties by certified U.S. mail or electronically/electronic service.

(c) *Filing date.* For purposes of all deadlines in this part, the date of filing of a notice of appeal or any document filed with a TSOB Review Panel is the date on which the document is received by the TSOB Docket Clerk.

(d) *Untimely appeals.* A TSOB Review Panel must reject and summarily dismiss a notice of appeal that is filed more than 60 calendar days after the date of issuance of the ALJ's written decision. A TSOB Review Panel may, in its discretion, accept an untimely notice of appeal upon a written showing of good cause for failure to meet the filing deadline.

(e) *Failure to perfect the appeal.* A TSOB Review Panel may dismiss an appeal, on its own initiative or upon motion of any party, when a party has filed a notice of appeal but failed to perfect the appeal by timely filing a brief in accordance with § 126.23.

(f) *Effect of dismissal of appeal.* Where an appeal is dismissed in accordance with paragraphs (d) or (e) of this section the ALJ's written decision becomes final.