NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

SHAUN L.W. SAMUELS, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

TRIVASCULAR, INC., MICHAEL V. CHOBOTOV, ROBERT G. WHIRLEY, JOSEPH W. HUMPHREY, Defendants-Appellees ______________________

2016-1490 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in No. 3:13-cv-02261-EMC, Judge Edward M. Chen. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JAMES D. PETRUZZI, The Petruzzi Law Firm, Houston, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by EVERETT G. DIEDERIKS, JR., NICHOLAS SPENCER WHITELAW, Diederiks & Whitelaw PC, Woodbridge, VA.

WILLIAM H. BURGESS, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Wash- ington, DC, argued for defendants-appellees. Also repre- sented by JOHN C. O'QUINN. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 3, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court