NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                   KEITH RANIERE,
                   Plaintiff-Appellant

                            v.

    MICROSOFT CORPORATION, AT&T CORP.,
             Defendants-Appellees
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                  2016-1698, 2016-1699
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    Appeals from the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Texas in Nos. 3:15-cv-00540-M, 3:15-
cv-02298-M, Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn.
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                      JUDGMENT
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    ROBERT DALE CROCKETT, Crockett & Associates, San-
ta Clarita, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also repre-
sented by CHASE TAJIMA, LISA DEARDEN TREPANIER.

    CONSTANTINE L. TRELA, JR., Sidley Austin LLP, Chi-
cago, IL, argued for all defendants-appellees. Defendant-
appellee Microsoft Corporation also represented by
RICHARD ALAN CEDEROTH, DOUGLAS LEWIS; JOSHUA JOHN
FOUGERE, Washington, DC; ROBERT SETH REICH, JR.,
Dallas, TX.
    CHRISTOPHER WOOD KENNERLY, Paul Hastings LLP,
Palo Alto, CA, for defendant-appellee AT&T Corp. Also
represented by STEPHEN BLAKE KINNAIRD, IGOR VICTOR
TIMOFEYEV, Washington, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



   PER CURIAM (LOURIE, WALLACH, and HUGHES, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


January 18, 2017               /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                     Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court