NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ JOSEPH MANDELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee. ______________________ 2013-5092 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 13-CV-0188, Judge Thomas C. Wheeler. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JOSEPH MANDELL, of Oceanport, New Jersey, pro se.

JENNIFER E. LAGRANGE, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Depart- ment of Justice, of Washington, DC, for defendant- appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Acting Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, and STEVEN J. GILLINGHAM, Assistant Director. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

October 15, 2013 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk