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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

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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

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