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Isaac v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Nov 8, 2013
540 F. App'x 999 (Fed. Cir. 2013)

Opinion

2013-5075

11-08-2013

LAKEYSHA ISAAC, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent-Appellee.

CLIFFORD J. SHOEMAKER, Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein, of Vienna, Virginia, argued for petitioner-appellant. LISA A. WATTS, Senior Trial Attorney, Torts Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Acting Assistant Attorney General, RUPA BHATTACHARYYA, Director,


NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 08-VV-0601, Judge Marian Blank Horn.

JUDGMENT

CLIFFORD J. SHOEMAKER, Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein, of Vienna, Virginia, argued for petitioner-appellant.

LISA A. WATTS, Senior Trial Attorney, Torts Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Acting Assistant Attorney General, RUPA BHATTACHARYYA, Director, VINCENT J. MATANOSKI, Deputy Director, and CATHARINE E. REEVES, Assistant Director. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (REYNA, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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Daniel E. O'Toole

Clerk of Court


Summaries of

Isaac v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Nov 8, 2013
540 F. App'x 999 (Fed. Cir. 2013)
Case details for

Isaac v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs.

Case Details

Full title:LAKEYSHA ISAAC, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN…

Court:United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Date published: Nov 8, 2013

Citations

540 F. App'x 999 (Fed. Cir. 2013)

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