McDowell v. Shinseki

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

______________________ KAREN S. MCDOWELL, Claimant-Appellant, v.

ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,

Respondent-Appellee. ____________________

2010-7044 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 07-1419, Judge Mary J. Schoelen.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________

DOUGLAS J. ROSINSKI, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash,

Smoak & Stewart, P.C., of Columbia, South Carolina, argued for claimant-appellant.

MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With him on the brief were TONY WEST, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, and MEREDYTH COHEN HAVASY, Trial Attorney. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and MARTIE S. ADELMAN, Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.

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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (DYK, MAYER, and MOORE, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT October 7, 2010 _/s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly

Clerk