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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 05-3216

NORMA MANARES, Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, Respondent.

______________________________ DECIDED: February 9, 2006 ______________________________

Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LINN, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

DECISION The decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Manares v. Off. of Pers.

Mgmt., 2005 M.S.P.B. LEXIS 1866, No. SF-0831-04-0347-I-1 (M.S.P.B. May 3, 2005), which affirmed the Office of Personnel Management’s final determination that the petitioner Norma Manares was not entitled to a civil service survivor annuity, is affirmed on the basis of the opinion of the Board’s administrative judge, Manares v. Off. of Pers.

Mgmt., 2004 M.S.P.B. LEXIS 3437, No. SF-0831-04-0347-I-1 (M.S.P.B. July 14, 2004).

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