Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
                                                                  
 
                        DISMISSED:  June 1, 1998
                                                                  
 
 
                              GSBCA 14464
 
 
                           JAVED A. SHARWANI,
 
                                                Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
        Javed A. Sharwani, pro se, Woburn, MA.
 
        David G.  Gherlein,  Office  of  Regional  Counsel,  General
   Services Administration, Boston, MA, counsel for Respondent.
 
   Before Board Judges PARKER, NEILL, and GOODMAN.
 
   GOODMAN, Board Judge. 
 
        On  January 9, 1998,  Javed A.  Sharwani appealed  the final
   decision of a  General Services Administration (GSA)  contracting
   officer  denying  his  claim for  alleged  defects  in  a vehicle
   purchased  at a  GSA auction.   Because  appellant has  failed to
   prosecute this appeal, we dismiss the appeal with prejudice.
 
                            Findings of Fact
 
        Appellant filed a  notice of appeal on January  9, 1998, and
   thereafter, on February 20, 1998, designated the notice of appeal
   as a complaint.  On March 23,  1998, respondent filed a motion to
   dismiss  for failure  to state  a claim for  which relief  can be
   granted.   The Board authorized  appellant to file a  response to
   the motion on or before April 13, 1998.  No response was received
   by the Board. 
 
        On April 20, 1998, the Board ordered appellant to show cause
   on or before  May 11 why the  appeal should not be  dismissed for
   lack of prosecution.   No response has been received by the Board
   to the order to show cause.
 
                               Discussion
 
        Rule 128(a) provides as follows:
 
        Generally.  A  case may  be dismissed  by the  Board on
        motion of any party.  A case may also  be dismissed for
        reasons cited  by the  Board in a  show cause  order to
        which response  has  been permitted.   Every  dismissal
        shall  be with prejudice  to reinstatement of  the case
        unless a dismissal without prejudice has been requested
        by a party or specified in a show cause order.
 
   48 CFR 6101.28(a) (1997).
 
        Appellant  has failed to comply with  the Board's orders and
   has failed  to prosecute  this appeal.   Specifically,  appellant
   failed to  respond to  respondent's motion  and the Board's  show
   cause order.  Under similar circumstances, the Board has found an
   appellant's actions  an  admission that  the appeal  will not  be
   further prosecuted. TLC  Engineering and Construction v.  General
   Services   Administration,   GSBCA   13138   (June   27,   1996);
   Iowa-Illinois Cleaning Corp.  v. General Services Administration,
   GSBCA 12030, 93-3  BCA    25,989; Bartron  Technologies Corp.  v.
   General Services Administration, GSBCA 10161, et al., 92-3  BCA  
   25,183.  Because appellant has  failed to prosecute this case and
   failed to  show cause why this  case should not be  dismissed, we
   dismiss this case with prejudice.
 
                                Decision
 
        Appellant's appeal is  DISMISSED for failure to  comply with
   the Board's rules and the Board's show cause order.  Rule 128(a).
 
                                      _________________________
                                      ALLAN H. GOODMAN
                                      Board Judge
 
   We concur:
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   EDWIN B. NEILL                     ROBERT W. PARKER
   Board Judge                             Board Judge