Case: 25-1591 Document: 7 Page: 1 Filed: 05/02/2025

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ TERRY SMITH, JR., Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent ______________________ 2025-1591 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. CH-0714-23-0143-I-1. ______________________ ORDER The petitioner having failed to pay the docketing fee required by Federal Circuit Rule 52 (a) (1) and to file the required Statement Concerning Discrimination, it is ORDERED that the petition for review be, and the same hereby is, DISMISSED, for failure to prosecute in accordance with the rules.

FOR THE COURT

May 2, 2025 Date