       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


United States Court of Appeals
    for the Federal Circuit
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                  ROBERTO CREA,
                  Plaintiff-Appellant,

                           v.

  CITY OF HOPE, CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL
 MEDICAL CENTER, and BECKMAN RESEARCH
     INSTITUTE OF THE CITY OF HOPE,
            Defendants-Appellees,

                          and

               DOES 1 THROUGH 20,
                     Defendants.
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                      2011-1106
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   Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Central District of California in Case No. 08-CV-6464,
Judge George H. Wu.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    ROBERT J. YORIO, Carr & Ferrell LLP, of Menlo Park,
California, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on
the brief were CHRISTINE S. WATSON and CHRISTOPHER P.
GREWE.

   JOSEPH M. LIPNER, Irell & Manella LLP, of Los
Angeles, California, argued for defendants-appellees.
With him on the brief were DAVID I. GINDLER and LUCY M.
STARK.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (BRYSON, MAYER, AND MOORE, Circuit
Judges).


           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 March 7, 2012               /s/ Jan Horbaly
     Date                       Jan Horbaly
                                   Clerk
