Court Opinion

ID: 4261040
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2018-04-04 15:00:43.982936+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:45:16.111911
License: Public Domain

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
                ______________________

PATRICIA LYNNE TOPLIFF, SUBSTITUTED FOR
           CALVIN C. TOPLIFF,
            Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

    ROBERT WILKIE, ACTING SECRETARY OF
            VETERANS AFFAIRS,
             Respondent-Appellee
            ______________________

                      2017-2067
                ______________________

   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 16-1383, Chief Judge Robert N.
Davis.
               ______________________

                     JUDGMENT
                ______________________

    MICHAEL E. WILDHABER, Veterans Law Office of Mi-
chael E. Wildhaber, Washington, DC, argued for claim-
ant-appellant. Also represented by KATRINA J. EAGLE,
Veterans Law Office of Katrina J. Eagle, San Diego, CA.

    JOSEPH ASHMAN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing-
ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represent-
ed by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR.,
CLAUDIA BURKE; Y. KEN LEE, ANDREW J. STEINBERG,
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 (DYK, CLEVENGER, and CHEN, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

 April 4, 2018                /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                     Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court