NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

CHRISTOPHER A. FINGER, Petitioner,

v.

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent. ____________________

2012-3122 ______________________

Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. AT3330110522-I-1.

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JUDGMENT ______________________

TANIEL E. ANDERSON, Arent Fox LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for petitioner. With him on the brief was ANTHONY W. SHAW.

SARA B. REARDEN, Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent. With her on the brief were JAMES M. EISENMANN, General Counsel, and KEISHA DAWN BELL, Deputy General Counsel. Of counsel was ANTONIA RAMOS SOARES, Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, LOURIE, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges.).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 4, 2013 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk