Case: 19-2415 Document: 84 Page: 1 Filed: 05/10/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ LUKE T. WEST, Plaintiff-Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2019-2415 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:17-cv-02052-LKG, Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ CLAIBORNE W. BROWN, Claiborne W. Brown, L.L.C., Mandeville, LA, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

WILLIAM PORTER RAYEL, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by JEFFREY B. CLARK, STEVEN JOHN GILLINGHAM, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is Case: 19-2415 Document: 84 Page: 2 Filed: 05/10/2021

ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (MOORE, TARANTO, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 10, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court