NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ROGER A. HOUSE, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee. ____________________

2012-5016 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 08-CV-758, Judge Francis M. Allegra. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JOHN B. WELLS, Law Office of John B. Wells, of Slidell, Louisiana, argued for the plaintiff-appellant.

STACEY K. GRIGSBY, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for the defendant-appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Acting Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, and BRYANT G. SNEE, Deputy Director. Of counsel on the brief was MICHAEL J. MARINELLO, Office of the Judge Advocate General, General Litigation Division, United States Navy, of Washington, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, LOURIE and REYNA, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

August 8, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk