NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MARIA PRIOR PEREIRA, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee. ______________________

2013-5149 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:13-CV-00176-EJD, Judge Edward J. Damich. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MARIA PRIOR PEREIRA, of Washington, DC, pro se.

JESSICA R. TOPLIN, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litiga- tion Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC for defendant-appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attor- ney General, BRYANT G. SNEE, Acting 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

January 10, 2013 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court