       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


United States Court of Appeals
    for the Federal Circuit
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                  THOMAS STINE,
                  Plaintiff-Appellant,

                           v.

                  UNITED STATES,
                  Defendant-Appellee.
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                      2010-5125
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    Appeal from the United States Court of Federal
Claims in No. 08-CV-0063, Judge George W. Miller.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    MICHAEL D.J. EISENBERG, Law Office of Michael D.J.
Eisenberg, of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-
appellant.

    JOHN S. GROAT, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation
Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-
appellee. With him on the brief were TONY WEST,
Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON,
Director, and KIRK T. MANHARDT, Assistant Director. Of
counsel on the brief was KATHLEEN L. KADLEC, United
States Department of the Navy, of Washington, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (RADER,        Chief   Judge,   LINN   and
O’MALLEY, Circuit Judges).

           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.


                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT




April 12, 2011         /s/ Jan Horbaly
   Date                    Jan Horbaly
                               Clerk
