Swift v. Shinseki

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Decided: January 9, 2014
• Docket: 20-1350
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

WILLIAM J. SWIFT, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

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

2013-7035 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 11-1750, Judge William A. Moor- man. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

TARA K. HOGAN, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litiga- tion Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent- appellee. On the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Acting Assistant Attorney General, and JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director. Of counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and MEGHAN D. ALPHONSO, Attorney, United States Depart- ment of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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