Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2012-12-13 20:19:18+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:08:26.225944
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Case: 12-5109     Document: 23     Page: 1    Filed: 12/12/2012

            NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
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                      MORRIS MAY,
                     Plaintiff-Appellant,
                              v.
                     UNITED STATES,
                     Defendant-Appellee.
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                        2012-5109
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        Appeal from the United States Court of Federal
   Claims in case no. 11-CV-774, Judge Susan G. Braden.
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                      ON MOTION
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                        PER CURIAM.
                         ORDER
     The court construes Morris May’s "motion for recon-
 sideration, an interim award of pro se attorney fees, costs
 and litigation expenses, to strike, and for relief to circuit
 Judge Timothy D. Dyk” as a request for fees under Fed-
 eral Circuit Rule 47.7.
     Pro se litigants like May are not eligible to recover at-
 torney fees. Naekel v. Dep’t of Transp., F.A.A, 845 F.2d
Case: 12-5109       Document: 23     Page: 2   Filed: 12/12/2012

 MORRIS MAY V. US                                            2

 976, 981 (Fed. Cir. 1988) (“We conclude that neither
 EAJA [Equal Access to Justice Act] nor the Back Pay Act
 authorizes payment to Mr. Naekel for the time spent
 acting pro se in his appeal to this court.”); see also
 Hexamer v. Foreness, 997 F.2d 93, 94 (5th Cir. 1993)
 (denying attorney fees under EAJA to pro se litigant);
 Demarest v. Manspeaker, 948 F.2d 655, 655-56 (10th Cir.
 1991) (same); Sommer v. Sullivan, 898 F.2d 895, 895-96
 (2d Cir. 1990) (per curiam), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 980
 (1990) (same); Merrell v. Block, 809 F.2d 639, 642 (9th
 Cir. 1987) (same). We also note that any request for fees
 or expenses is premature. Fed. Cir. R. 47.7 (a)(2).
       Upon consideration thereof,
       IT IS ORDERED THAT:
       The motion is denied.
                                       FOR THE COURT

                                       /s/ Jan Horbaly
                                       Jan Horbaly
                                       Clerk

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