
    Lee W. BRUCE, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, Respondent.
    No. 04-3103.
    United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
    April 12, 2004.
    Capt. Tracey R. Rockenbach, Principal Attorney, Rosslyn, VA, David B. Stinson, Todd M. Hughes, David M. Cohen, of Counsel, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
    Lee W. Bruce, of Counsel Attorney, South Dennis, MA, for Petitioner.
   ORDER

The petitioner 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 petition for review be, and the same hereby is, DISMISSED, for failure to prosecute in accordance with the rules.  