NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ ELIZABETH SHAPIRO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent-Appellee. ______________________ 2012-5152 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 99-VV-0552, Judge Francis M. Allegra. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ CLIFFORD J. SHOEMAKER, Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein, of Vienna, Virginia, argued for petitioner- appellant.

LYNN E. RICCIARDELLA, Trial Attorney, Torts Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. On the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, RUPA BHATTACHARYYA, Director, VINCENT J. MATNAOSKI, Deputy Director, and GABRIELLE M. FIELDING, Assistant Director. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (O’MALLEY, SCHALL, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 8, 2013 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk