*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant v.

UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2016-1256 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of International Trade in No. 1:13-cv-00205-NT, Senior Judge Nicholas Tsoucalas.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ K AYLA R EGINA O WENS , Stein Shostak Shostak Pollack & O'Hara, Los Angeles, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by J OSEPH C OX .

S TEPHEN C ARL T OSINI , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by B ENJAMIN C. M IZER , J EANNE E. D AVIDSON , P ATRICIA M. M C C ARTHY ; Y ELENA S LEPAK , Office of the *2 Assistant Chief Counsel, United States Customs and Border Protection, New York, NY.

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T HIS C AUSE having been heard and considered, it is O RDERED and A DJUDGED :

P ER C URIAM (O’M ALLEY , B RYSON , and S TOLL , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT October 4, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court