NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ BRADLEY A. WARD, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Respondent. ____________________ 2010-3018 ______________________ Appeal from the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. DA0752080328-I-1. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ GLENN D. MANGUM, Law Offices of Glenn D. Mangum, of San Antonio, Texas, argued for petitioner.

TARA K. HOGAN, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent.

With her on the brief were TONY WEST, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E.

DAVIDSON, Director, and KIRK T. MANHARDT, Assistant Director. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, LOURIE, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

July 7, 2010 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk