Case: 23-1255 Document: 3 Page: 1 Filed: 03/20/2023 NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ PHILIP MATEEGA, Plaintiff-Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2023-1255 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:22-cv-00634-EDK, Chief Judge Elaine Kaplan. ______________________ ORDER The appellant having failed to file the brief required by Federal Circuit Rule 31(a) within the time permitted by the rules, it is Case: 23-1255 Document: 3 Page: 2 Filed: 03/20/2023 2 MATEEGA V. US 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 March 20, 2023 Date /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court ISSUED AS A MANDATE: March 20, 2023