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`NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
`United States Court of Appeals
`for the Federal Circuit
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`CURTIS E. KLEFSTAD,
`Claimant-Appellant
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`v.
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`DENIS MCDONOUGH, Secretary of Veterans
`Affairs,
`Respondent-Appellee
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`2022-1985
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`Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
`Veterans Claims in No. 20-5351, Judge Grant Jaquith.
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`O R D E R
`The appellant having failed to file the brief required by
`Federal Circuit Rule 31(a) within the time permitted by the
`rules, it is
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`Case: 22-1985 Document: 3 Page: 2 Filed: 12/27/2022
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`KLEFSTAD V. MCDONOUGH
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`ORDERED that the notice of appeal be, and the same
`hereby is, DISMISSED, for failure to prosecute in
`accordance with the rules.
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`December 27, 2022
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`Date
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`FOR THE COURT
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`/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
`Peter R. Marksteiner
`Clerk of Court
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`ISSUED AS A MANDATE: December 27, 2022
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