Case: 23-1310 Document: 5 Page: 1 Filed: 02/15/2023

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

BRENDA C. ARMSTEAD, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________

2023-1310 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:21-cv-00991-SSS, Judge Stephen S. Schwartz. ______________________

ORDER The appellant having failed to pay the docketing fee required by Federal Circuit Rule 52(a)(1) within the time permitted by the rules, it is 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

February 15, 2023 Date /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

ISSUED AS A MANDATE: February 15, 2023