NOTE : This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ AFFILIATED WESTERN, INC., Appellant v. SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Appellee ______________________ 2018-1216 ______________________ Appeal from the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals in No. 4078, Administrative Judge Allan H. Goodman, Administrative Judge Catherine B. Hyatt, Administrative Judge Jeri Kaylene Somers. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ PAUL HARVEY SANDERFORD, Sanderford & Carroll PC, Temple, TX, argued for appellant.

DOMENIQUE GRACE KIRCHNER , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also represented by R OBERT E DWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY, JOSEPH H. HUNT. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER C URIAM (DYK, BRYSON, and CHEN, Circuit Judg- es).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE C OURT

January 14, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court