NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ CHRIS L. PITTMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2018-1481 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:15-cv-01232-SGB, Senior Judge Susan G. Braden. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JOHN B. WELLS, Law Office of John B. Wells, Slidell, LA, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

DANIEL S. HERZFELD, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also repre- sented by ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., DOUGLAS K.

MICKLE, JOSEPH H. HUNT. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (WALLACH, TARANTO, and STOLL, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 8, 2019 /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow Date Jarrett B. Perlow Chief Deputy Clerk