NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

NICHOLAS HINDMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________

2017-2066 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:16-cv-00257-SGB, Chief Judge Susan G. Braden. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

TIMOTHY A. BRIDGE, Saint Charles, IL, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

JIMMY MCBIRNEY, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., STEVEN J. GILLINGHAM. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 11, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court