
    Laureen M. DAVIS and Zachary A. Davis(her minor son), Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 02-5007.
    United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
    April 5, 2002.
   ORDER

The appellant having faded 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 fadure to prosecute in accordance with the rules.  