
    Joseph P. CARSON, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Respondent.
    No. 04-3211.
    United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
    May 21, 2004.
    Kyle E. Chadwick, Principal Attorney, Bryant G. Snee, David M. Cohen, of Counsel, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
    Ronald C. Zabel, of Counsel, Fairfax, VA, for Petitioner.
   ORDER

The petitioner having failed to pay the docketing fee required by Federal Circuit Rule 52(a)(1) -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.  