NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

VALERIA FLORES, Petitioner-Appellant,

v.

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent-Appellee. ______________________

2014-5073 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:10-vv-00489-MMS, Judge Margaret M. Sweeney. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

SUSAN J. SCHWARTZ, Corboy & Demetrio, P.C., of Chi- cago, Illinois, argued for petitioner-appellant.

LYNN E. RICCIARDELLA, Senior 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, Assistant Attorney General, RUPA BHATTACHARYYA, Director, VINCENT J. MATANOSKI, Deputy Director, VORIS E. JOHNSON, JR., Assistant Director, and DEBRA A. FILTEAU BEGLEY, Trial Attorney. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (DYK, WALLACH, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 8, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court