Roper v. Nicholson

Full title: BENNY R. ROPER, Claimant-Appellant, v. R. JAMES NICHOLSON, Secretary of…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

Date published: Sep 7, 2007

240 F. App'x 422 (Fed. Cir. 2007)

Opinion

No. 2007-7003.

September 7, 2007.

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

Meredyth D. Cohen, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for respondent-appellee. With her on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson, Director, and Steven J. Gillingham, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were David J. Barrans, Deputy Assistant General Counsel and Ethan G. Kalett, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was Brian T. Edmunds and Gregory T. Jaeger, Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC.

Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Judge Robert N. Davis.

Per Curiam (MICHEL, Chief Judge, MOORE,Circuit Judge, and COTE[fn*], District Judge). [fn*] Honorable Denise Cote, District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.

Judgment

ON APPEAL from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in CASE NO(S). 04-0233.

This CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.