NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ HORACE O. BRENT, SR., Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Respondent. ______________________ 2013-3072 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. CH0752100944-I-1. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ STEVEN J. PLOTKIN, Law Office of Steven J. Plotkin, of Evanston, Illinois, argued for petitioner.

JANE WALLACE VANNEMAN, Trial Attorney, Commer- cial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent. On the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assis- tant Attorney General, BRYANT G. SNEE, Acting Director, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, LOURIE, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 24, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court