Case: 23-1816 Document: 31 Page: 1 Filed: 06/07/2024

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ MARC HOWARD, Petitioner-Appellant v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2023-1816 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:16-vv-01592-CNL, Judge Carolyn N. Lerner. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ ISAIAH KALINOWSKI, Bosson Legal Group, Fairfax, VA, argued for petitioner-appellant. Also represented by CLAY RAGSDALE, IV, ALLISON LEA RILEY, Ragsdale LLC, Birming- ham, AL.

NASEEM KOUROSH, Torts Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, ar- gued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, C. SALVATORE D'ALESSIO, HEATHER LYNN PEARLMAN, TRACI PATTON.

Case: 23-1816 Document: 31 Page: 2 Filed: 06/07/2024

______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (MOORE, Chief Judge, TARANTO, Circuit Judge, and CECCHI, District Judge 1).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 7, 2024 Date

Honorable Claire C. Cecchi, District Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, sitting by designation.