NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ FRANCIS A. MITHEN, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent ______________________ 2015-3191 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. CH-1221-11-0498-B-1. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KURT PATRICK CUMMISKEY, Kurt Cummiskey Attorney at Law LLC, St. Louis, MO, argued for petitioner.

AMELIA LISTER-SOBOTKIN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E.

KIRSCHMAN, JR., ELIZABETH HOSFORD; PAUL K.

PETRABORG, Office of Regional Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, St. Louis, MO. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, PLAGER and LOURIE, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 15, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court