Case: 23-2343 Document: 2 Page: 1 Filed: 09/19/2023

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

SAMUEL J. MAY, dba Soft Planet Synergy, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________

2023-2343 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:21-cv-01496-CNL, Judge Carolyn N. Lerner. ______________________

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 Case: 23-2343 Document: 2 Page: 2 Filed: 09/19/2023

2 MAY V. US

accordance with the rules.

FOR THE COURT

September 19, 2023 Date /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow Jarrett B. Perlow Clerk of Court

ISSUED AS A MANDATE: September 19, 2023