May v. United States ( 2012 )


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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    NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.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.
    __________________________
    2012-5109
    __________________________
    Appeal from the United States Court of Federal
    Claims in case no. 11-CV-774, Judge Susan G. Braden.
    __________________________
    ON MOTION
    __________________________
    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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