NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ ALAN B. ADAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2016-2296 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:11-cv-00418-EDK, Judge Elaine Kaplan. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ RAYMOND JEWELL TONEY, Law Office of Raymond J.

Toney, Emeryville, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

Also represented by BRIAN D. SCHENK, Midwest Military & Veterans Law, PLLC, Minneapolis, MN.

ERIC LAUFGRABEN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by DOUGLAS K. MICKLE, ROBERT E.

KIRSCHMAN, JR., JOYCE R. BRANDA; PATRICK J. HUGHES, Air Force Legal Operations Agency, United States De- partment of the Air Force, Joint Base Andrews, MD. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, O’MALLEY, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

August 21, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court