( March 5, 2024, 2:11 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal of an airline pilot seeking review of a Washington federal court decision dismissing his complaint alleging that he was racially profiled and unlawfully detained by airport police officers in their attempt to enforce the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) COVID-19 masking policy as the pilot passed through security on the way to his flight, concluding that the notice of appeal had not been filed within 30 days of the trial court’s judgment....