Ricks v. Us

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OTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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WESLEY SINCLAIR RICKS,
Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

UNITED STATES,
Defendant-Appellee
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2026-1631
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Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims
in No. 1:26-cv-00304-EHM, Judge Edward H. Meyers.
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ON MOTION
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P
ER CURIAM.
O R D E R
Wesley Sinclair Ricks, who was then and remains in-
carcerated, filed a complaint in the United States Court of
Federal Claims related to his criminal conviction. That
court concluded that he was ineligible for in forma pauperis
(“IFP”) status under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) and directed him
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to pay the filing fee or face dismissal.
1
Mr. Ricks appeals
2
,
submits his brief, and moves for various relief.
Mr. Ricks’s opening brief fails to raise any cogent, non-
frivolous argument as to why the Court of Federal Claims’s
IFP determination was incorrect. Instead, his brief ap-
pears to simply challenge the basis for his conviction. Be-
cause no substantial question regarding the outcome of the
appeal exists, we summarily affirm. See Joshua v. United
States, 17 F.3d 378, 380 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
Accordingly,
I
T IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The Court of Federal Claims’s denial of Mr. Ricks’s
motion to proceed IFP is summarily affirmed.
(2) All pending motions are denied.

1
As Mr. Ricks concedes, he has at least three prior
actions or appeals that were dismissed as frivolous, mali-
cious, or for failure to state a claim upon which relief may
be granted. ECF No. 5 at 1.

2
Subsequent to Mr. Ricks’s notice of appeal, the
Court of Federal Claims granted the United States’s mo-
tion to dismiss this matter for lack of subject matter juris-
diction. Mr. Ricks separately has appealed the dismissal.
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(3) Each party shall bear its own costs.

August 13, 2026
Date
FOR THE COURT

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