NOTE: This order is nonprecedential

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

ALBERT BRONT, Petitioner,

V.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, Respondent.

2012-3121

Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in case no. SF07 52110583-1-1.

ON MOTION

ORDER

Albert Bront moves for leave to proceed in forma pau- peris.

Bront is incarcerated Pursuant to the Prisoner Liti- gation Reform Act of 1995, this court may not authorize the prosecution of an appeal by a prisoner without the prepayment of fees. 28 U.S.C. § 1915. A prisoner is no longer afforded the alternative of proceeding without

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payment of filing fees, but must, in time, pay the $450 filing fee in its entirety. When funds exist, an initial partial payment must be made consisting of 20% of the greater of (a) the average monthly deposits to the pris- oner’s account or (b) the average monthly balance in the prisoner’s account for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the notice of appeal. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). Thereafter, the prisoner is required to make monthly payments of 20% of the preceding month’s in- come credited to the prisoner’s account. 28 U.S.C. § l915(b)(2). The agency with custody of the prisoner must forward payments from the prisoner’s account each time the amount in the account exceeds $10 until the $450 filing fee is paid in full. Id.

By separate letter, the custodian of Bront’s prison ac- count is being directed to make the necessary arrange- ments to forward the filing fee to the court. ~

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT Bront’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis is denied.

FoR THE CoURT

JUN 0 6 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date J an Horbaly Clerk cc: Albert Bront Courtney Sheehan McNamara, Esq. l_E “»S~a‘:=ff§,a'zetn'=°“

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