       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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             PIONEER RESERVE, LLC,
                 Plaintiff-Appellant

                           v.

                  UNITED STATES,
                  Defendant-Appellee
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                      2017-1095
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    Appeal from the United States Court of Federal
Claims in No. 1:14-cv-00376-EGB, Senior Judge Eric G.
Bruggink.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   DOUGLAS KAHLE, Wolcott Rivers Gates, Virginia
Beach, VA, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

    GEOFFREY MARTIN LONG, Commercial Litigation
Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee.
Also represented by JOYCE R. BRANDA, ROBERT E.
KIRSCHMAN, JR., STEVEN J. GILLINGHAM.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



   PER CURIAM (DYK, TARANTO, and HUGHES, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


  June 12, 2017               /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
       Date                   Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court
