
    Tommy Lee STEVENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 2011-5112.
    United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
    Oct. 28, 2011.
    Tommy Lee Stevens, Mount Olive, NC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    Cameron Cohick, Department of Justice Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.
   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.  