Whiting v. Peake 276 F. App'x 1006

Kevin W. WHITING, Claimant-Appellant, v. James B. PEAKE, M.D., Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

No. 2007-7265.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

May 8, 2008.

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

*1007Hillary A. Stern, Senior Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With her on the brief were Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General; Jeanne E. Davidson, Director; and Martin F. Hockey, Jr., Assistant Director.

Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, PROST, Circuit Judge, and HOCHBERG *, District Judge.