Porriello v. Shinseki

Full title: NICOLO PORRIELLO, Claimant-Appellant, v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF…

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Date published: Jan 15, 2013

2011-7161 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 15, 2013)

Opinion

2011-7161

01-15-2013

NICOLO PORRIELLO, Claimant-Appellant, v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee.

KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Carpenter Chartered, of Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant. ALLISON KIDD-MILLER, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. On the brief were TONY WEST, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, BRIAN M. SIMKIN, Assistant Director, and SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and DANA RAFFAELLI, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.

PER CURIAM

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in case No. 08-2731, Judge Robert N. Davis.

JUDGMENT

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

ALLISON KIDD-MILLER, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. On the brief were TONY WEST, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, BRIAN M. SIMKIN, Assistant Director, and SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and DANA RAFFAELLI, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (RADER,Chief Judge, DYK, and REYNA, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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Jan Horbaly

Clerk