NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2016-1256 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of International Trade in No. 1:13-cv-00205-NT, Senior Judge Nicholas Tsoucalas. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KAYLA REGINA OWENS, Stein Shostak Shostak Pollack & O'Hara, Los Angeles, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

Also represented by JOSEPH COX.

STEPHEN CARL TOSINI, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY; YELENA SLEPAK, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, United States Customs and Border Protection, New York, NY. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (O’MALLEY, BRYSON, and STOLL, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

October 4, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court