       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                JAMES B. GOODMAN,
                  Plaintiff-Appellant

                           v.

    SMART MODULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
              Defendant-Appellee
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                      2017-1084
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   Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Texas in No. 4:14-cv-01380, Judge
Gray H. Miller.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    DAVID FINK, Fink & Johnson, Houston, TX, argued for
plaintiff-appellant.

    MICHAEL FRANCIS HEAFEY, Troutman Sanders LLP,
San Francisco, CA, argued for defendant-appellee. Also
represented by ANUP M. SHAH, Charlotte, NC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



   PER CURIAM (MOORE, PLAGER, and CHEN, Circuit
Judges).
          AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                     ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 October 5, 2017            /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                  Peter R. Marksteiner
                           Clerk of Court
