Opinion
2017-1058 2017-1509
05-07-2018
FREDDIE BUTTS, MARVIN O. JOHNSON, Claimants-Appellees v. ROBERT WILKIE, ACTING SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellant
ZACHARY STOLZ, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick, Providence, RI, argued for claimant-appellee Freddie Butts. Also represented by MEGAN MARIE ELLIS, JENNA ZELLMER; BARBARA J. COOK, Cincinnati, OH. KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellee Marvin O. Johnson. AMANDA TANTUM, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellant. Also represented by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., L. MISHA PREHEIM; Y. KEN LEE, BRANDON A. JONAS, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. Appeals from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in Nos. 10-1785, 14-3019, Senior Judge Lawrence B. Hagel, Chief Judge Robert N. Davis.
JUDGMENT
ZACHARY STOLZ, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick, Providence, RI, argued for claimant-appellee Freddie Butts. Also represented by MEGAN MARIE ELLIS, JENNA ZELLMER; BARBARA J. COOK, Cincinnati, OH. KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellee Marvin O. Johnson. AMANDA TANTUM, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellant. Also represented by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., L. MISHA PREHEIM; Y. KEN LEE, BRANDON A. JONAS, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (MOORE, WALLACH, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT May 7, 2018
Date
/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court