*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ ALAN B. ADAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant v.

UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2016-2296 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:11-cv-00418-EDK, Judge Elaine Kaplan.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ R AYMOND J EWELL T ONEY , Law Office of Raymond J. Toney, Emeryville, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

Also represented by B RIAN D. S CHENK , Midwest Military & Veterans Law, PLLC, Minneapolis, MN.

E RIC L AUFGRABEN , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by D OUGLAS K. M ICKLE , R OBERT E.

K IRSCHMAN , J R ., J OYCE R. B RANDA ; P ATRICK J. H UGHES , *2 Air Force Legal Operations Agency, United States De- partment of the Air Force, Joint Base Andrews, MD.

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

P ER C URIAM (N EWMAN , O’M ALLEY , and T ARANTO , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT August 21, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court