Case: 20-1705 Document: 33 Page: 1 Filed: 04/16/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ PATRICIA FIELDS, Plaintiff-Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2020-1705 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:18-cv-00186-EJD, Senior Judge Edward J.

Damich. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JACK BRADLEY JARRETT, III, Alan Lescht and Associ- ates, PC, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

ASHLEY AKERS, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by DEBORAH ANN BYNUM, JEFFREY B. CLARK, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR. ______________________ Case: 20-1705 Document: 33 Page: 2 Filed: 04/16/2021

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, MOORE, and TARANTO, Cir- cuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 16, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court