Opinion
No. 2009-7058.
June 4, 2009.
Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in 06-1596, Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr.
Martin F. Hockey Jr., Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent-Appellee.
Mark R. Lippman, The Veterans Law Group, La Jolla, CA, for Claimant-Appellant.
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
ORDERED that the notice of appeal be, and the same hereby is, DISMISSED, for failure to prosecute in accordance with the rules.