Case: 22-1737 Document: 53 Page: 1 Filed: 11/14/2023

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

KASEY COTTINGHAM, Petitioner-Appellant

v.

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2022-1737 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:15-vv-01291-TMD, Judge Thompson M. Dietz. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ANDREW DOWNING, Downing, Allison & Jorgenson, Phoenix, AZ, argued for petitioner-appellant.

VORIS EDWARD JOHNSON, JR., Torts Branch, Civil Divi- sion, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, C. SALVATORE D'ALESSIO, HEATHER LYNN PEARLMAN. ______________________ Case: 22-1737 Document: 53 Page: 2 Filed: 11/14/2023

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 14, 2023 Date