Ricks v. United States

Case: 26-1631 Document: 17 Page: 1 Filed: 08/13/2026

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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WESLEY SINCLAIR RICKS,

Plaintiff-Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2026-1631 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:26-cv-00304-EHM, Judge Edward H. Meyers.

______________________ ON MOTION ______________________

PER CURIAM.

ORDER

Wesley Sinclair Ricks, who was then and remains in- carcerated, filed a complaint in the United States Court of Federal Claims related to his criminal conviction. That court concluded that he was ineligible for in forma pauperis (“IFP”) status under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) and directed him Case: 26-1631 Document: 17 Page: 2 Filed: 08/13/2026 2 RICKS v. US to pay the filing fee or face dismissal. 1 Mr. Ricks appeals 2, submits his brief, and moves for various relief.

Mr. Ricks’s opening brief fails to raise any cogent, non- frivolous argument as to why the Court of Federal Claims’s IFP determination was incorrect. Instead, his brief ap- pears to simply challenge the basis for his conviction. Be- cause no substantial question regarding the outcome of the appeal exists, we summarily affirm. See Joshua v. United States, 17 F.3d 378, 380 (Fed. Cir. 1994).

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT: (1) The Court of Federal Claims’s denial of Mr. Ricks’s motion to proceed IFP is summarily affirmed.

(2) All pending motions are denied.

1 As Mr. Ricks concedes, he has at least three prior actions or appeals that were dismissed as frivolous, mali- cious, or for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. ECF No. 5 at 1.

2 Subsequent to Mr. Ricks’s notice of appeal, the Court of Federal Claims granted the United States’s mo- tion to dismiss this matter for lack of subject matter juris- diction. Mr. Ricks separately has appealed the dismissal. Case: 26-1631 Document: 17 Page: 3 Filed: 08/13/2026 RICKS v. US 3

(3) Each party shall bear its own costs.

FOR THE COURT August 13, 2026

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