Case: 24-1101 Document: 15 Page: 1 Filed: 03/25/2024

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MORRIS LIONEL RHODES, Claimant-Appellant

v.

DENIS MCDONOUGH, Secretary of Veterans Af- fairs, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2024-1101 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 22-2012, Judge Amanda L. Mere- dith. ______________________

ON MOTION ______________________

ORDER Upon consideration of Morris Lionel Rhodes’s motion to voluntarily dismiss his appeal pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b), and the parties’ joint re- sponse as to the allocation of costs, IT IS ORDERED THAT: Case: 24-1101 Document: 15 Page: 2 Filed: 03/25/2024

2 RHODES v. MCDONOUGH

(1) The motion is granted to the extent that the appeal is withdrawn. (2) Each party shall bear its own costs. FOR THE COURT

March 25, 2024 Date

ISSUED AS A MANDATE: March 25, 2024