Buckley v. Shinseki

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Decided: May 9, 2014
• Docket: 13-7073
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

PATRICK B. BUCKLEY, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee. ______________________

2013-7073 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 11-1012, Chief Judge Bruce E. Kasold. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Carpenter, Chartered, of Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.

PHYLLIS JO BAUNACH, Senior Trial Counsel, Classifi- cation Unit, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attor- ney General, BRYANT G. SNEE, Acting Director, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Deputy Director. Of counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and CHRISTINA L. GREGG, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Wash- ington, DC. Of counsel was Y. KEN LEE, Attorney. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (DYK, REYNA, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 9, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court