Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
                                                                
 
                              May 13, 1999
                                                                
 
 
                            GSBCA 14906-RELO
 
 
                    In the Matter of BOBBY J. ALLEN
 
 
        Bobby J. Allen, Athens, AL, Claimant.
 
        Don B.  Hankins,  Chief,  Legal  Services  Division,  United
   States Army Aviation  and Missile Command, Redstone  Arsenal, AL,
   appearing for Department of the Army.
 
   NEILL, Board Judge.
 
        By  order dated  March  25,  1999,  we directed  Mr.  Allen,
   claimant in this case, to justify his request that we  review his
   claim.   In researching precedents  which might be  applicable to
   his  case,  the  Board had  discovered  that,  by decision  dated
   October 30,  1997, it had  dismissed, as untimely filed,  a claim
   very similar, if not  identical, to that which is the  subject of
   this proceeding.   See   Bobby J.  Allen, GSBCA  14258, 98-1  BCA
     29,395 (1997).   
        We,  therefore, directed  claimant to explain  within thirty
   days   how  his  present  claim  differed  from  that  previously
   dismissed by the Board as untimely.   In the event the claim  was
   the same as  that previously dismissed, we directed  Mr. Allen to
   show cause why  this case should  not be dismissed  as well.   We
   further advised that,  in the absence of a reply to our order, we
   would conclude  that there  is no objection  to our  dismissal of
   this case.  
 
        A certified  mail receipt shows  that our order of  March 25
   was received by Mr. Allen on March 30.  To date  we have received
   no reply.  Since the thirty-day period for reply has
   now  run, we conclude that there is no objection to our dismissal
   of this case.  The case is, therefore, dismissed.   
 
                                      _____________________
                                      EDWIN B. NEILL
                                      Board Judge