NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

JUAN C. AYALA, Petitioner

v.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Respondent _____________________

2015-3029 ______________________

Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. DA-0752-13-0412-I-2. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

LORENZO WILSON TIJERINA, Law Office of Lorenzo W. Tijerina, San Antonio, TX, argued for petitioner.

JAMES R. SWEET, Commercial Ligation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., CLAUDIA BURKE; PAMELA B. PECK, Office of the Chief Counsel, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (REYNA, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 11, 2016 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court