       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                  ALAN B. ADAMS,
                  Plaintiff-Appellant

                           v.

                  UNITED STATES,
                  Defendant-Appellee
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                      2016-2296
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    Appeal from the United States Court of Federal
Claims in No. 1:11-cv-00418-EDK, Judge Elaine Kaplan.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    RAYMOND JEWELL TONEY, Law Office of Raymond J.
Toney, Emeryville, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant.
Also represented by BRIAN D. SCHENK, Midwest Military
& Veterans Law, PLLC, Minneapolis, MN.

    ERIC LAUFGRABEN, Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also
represented by DOUGLAS K. MICKLE, ROBERT E.
KIRSCHMAN, JR., JOYCE R. BRANDA; PATRICK J. HUGHES,
Air Force Legal Operations Agency, United States De-
partment of the Air Force, Joint Base Andrews, MD.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



    PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, O’MALLEY, and TARANTO,
Circuit Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


August 21, 2017                 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
    Date                        Peter R. Marksteiner
                                Clerk of Court
