Opinion
2011-7106
02-14-2012
ALVARO J. RUIZ, Claimant-Appellant, v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee.
RONALD L. SMITH, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant. Of counsel were AARON PARKER; SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for respondent-appellee. of counsel on the brief were TONY WEST, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Counsel and JONATHAN E. TAYLOR, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in case no. 08-2237, Judge William P. Greene, Jr.
JUDGMENT
RONALD L. SMITH, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant. Of counsel were AARON PARKER; and VIRGINIA L. CARRON AND ARMON SHAHDADI, of Atlanta, Georgia.
SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for respondent-appellee. of counsel on the brief were TONY WEST, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON,
Director, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Counsel and JONATHAN E. TAYLOR, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.
THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (LINN, DYK, and O'MALLEY, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
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Jan Horbaly
Clerk