Case: 22-1783 Document: 8 Page: 1 Filed: 08/16/2022

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ CARLOS A. ALFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2022-1783 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:22-cv-00040-LAS, Senior Judge Loren A. Smith. ______________________ ORDER The appellant having failed to file the brief required by Federal Circuit Rule 31(a) within the time permitted by the rules, it is Case: 22-1783 Document: 8 Page: 2 Filed: 08/16/2022

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ORDERED that the notice of appeal be, and the same hereby is, DISMISSED, for failure to prosecute in accordance with the rules.

FOR THE COURT August 16, 2022 Date /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

ISSUED AS A MANDATE: August 16, 2022