*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential.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

UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2017-1476 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:16-cv-00076-TCW, Judge Thomas C. Wheeler.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ K ENNETH F OARD M C C ALLION , McCallion & Associates LLP, New York, NY, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

A NTHONY F. S CHIAVETTI , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by C HAD A. R EADLER , R OBERT E.

K IRSCHMAN , J R ., S TEVEN J. G ILLINGHAM .

______________________ *2 T HIS C AUSE having been heard and considered, it is O RDERED and A DJUDGED :

P ER C URIAM (P ROST , Chief Judge, W ALLACH and H UGHES , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT November 14, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court