NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ GIRARD C. CHAMNESS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHN MCHUGH, Secretary of the Army, Defendant-Appellee. ______________________ 2012-1547 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in No. 09-CV-2287, Judge Beryl A.

Howell. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ DAVID P. SHELDON, Law Offices of David P. Sheldon, PLLC, of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

DOUGLAS K. MICKLE, Senior Trial Counsel, Commer- cial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Principal Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, and BRYANT G.

SNEE, Deputy Director. Of counsel on the brief was CHRISTOPHER C. COX, United States Army Legal Services Agency, Army Litigation Division, Fort Belvior, Virginia. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, MAYER, and O’MALLEY, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

August 14, 2013 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk