NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ BRYAN D. BALDWIN, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent. ____________________ 2011-3061 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merits Systems Protection Board in Case No. CH0752090843-I-1. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ DALE L. INGRAM, Law Office of Dale L. Ingram, P.C., of Kansas City, Missouri, argued for petitioner.

L. MISHA PREHEIM, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent. With him on the brief were TONY WEST, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, and BRIAN M. SIMKIN, Assistant Director. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, LINN, and MOORE, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 25, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk