       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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              ROBERT M. LAUGHLIN,
                 Plaintiff-Appellant

                           v.

                  UNITED STATES,
                  Defendant-Appellee
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                      2016-1627
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    Appeal from the United States Court of Federal
Claims in No. 1:14-cv-01158-CFL, Judge Charles F.
Lettow.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    ERIC SEBASTIAN MONTALVO, The Federal Practice
Group Worldwide Service, Washington, DC, argued for
plaintiff-appellant.

    DEVIN ANDREW WOLAK, Commercial Litigation
Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee.
Also represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E.
KIRSCHMAN, JR., DEBORAH A. BYNUM; PETER MARX, Gen-
eral Litigation Division, United States Department of the
Navy, Washington, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



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

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


December 12, 2016              /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                     Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court
