NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ MICHAEL VANARTSDALEN, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Respondent ______________________ 2015-8002 ______________________ Petition for review of a decision of the Bureau of Jus- tice Assistance in PSOB Claim No. 2009-DIS-054. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JOHN STEPHEN WIRTHLIN, JR., Beirne & Wirthlin Co., Cincinnati, OH, argued for petitioner.

KARA WESTERCAMP, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., SCOTT D. AUSTIN; RAFAEL ALBERTO MADAN, JASON P. COOLEY, Office of Justice Programs, Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, DYK and REYNA, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 9, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court